Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116081.015 - Employee's leg is injured when struck by nail from nail gun

Accident Summary Nr: 116081.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1399395.015	05/03/2019		236220	J-Squared General Contractors

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on April 22, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working on a building project at a residential apartment complex. He was framing a wall, putting in posts and beams, when the foreman handed him a nail gun. Employee #1 bent over to nail the bottom of a stud when the 3-inch nail ejected and struck his right leg above the knee. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of the leg wound.

Keywords: Beam, Framing, Impaled, Injected, Installing, Knee, Leg, Nail, Nail gun, Projectile, Puncture, Residential Construction, Struck By, Support Posts, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2	10

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1399395.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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