Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 103163.015 - Employee is hospitalized after nail lodges in wrist

Accident Summary Nr: 103163.015 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 11/17/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1278618.015	11/22/2017		238310	Coast Insulation Contractors Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on November 17, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworkers #2, #3, #4, and #4, employed by an insulation company, were doing insulation work at a residential construction project. They were assigned to install various types of insulation. Employee #1 and Coworker #1 were assigned to work together and install insulation batts in the living room. Coworker #1 noticed that an electrician who had worked in the room had left a plumb line nailed to the ceiling. Employee #1, attempting to remove the string, cut one end and wrapped it around his hand. As he pulled the string at the other end, the nail it was attached to pulled out of the wood and lodged in Employee #1's wrist. Employee #1 required hospitalization and treatment for the puncture wound.

Keywords: Hand, Installing, Insulator, Nail, Puncture, Residential Construction, Struck By, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1278618.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Insulation Workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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