Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 109716.015 - Employee punctures hand when pneumatic nail gun fires

Accident Summary Nr: 109716.015 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 09/11/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1348415.015	09/20/2018		236220	Joseph Cumiskey Construction Corporation

Abstract: At 1:17 p.m. on September 11, 2018, an employee was using a pneumatic nail gun (Hitachi model Number NR83A) to nail wood to the ceiling of a building while standing on a mobile scaffold. The employee then strapped the nail gun around his waist and descended the ladder of the mobile scaffold. At some point, the nail gun trigger snagged in a way that a nail was fired and punctured the employee's left hand.

Keywords: Descending, Hand, Ladder, Mobile Scaffold, Nail, Nail gun, Pneumatic, Pneumatic tool , Puncture, Scaffold, Shot, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1348415.015	42	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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