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Accident: 117420.015 - Employee Is Injured When Nail Breaks And Flies Into Eye

**Accident: 117420.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 06/19/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1410968.015	06/26/2019		Sam'S Excavating Unlimited

At 11:45 a.m. on June 19, 2019, Employee #1 and coworkers were setting wall form s for a residential home's basement. Employee #1 was using a hammer and attempt ing to drive a nail through the bottom corner of a form to the concrete pad. Th e nail broke and flew into the employee's right eye. The employee was transport ed to the hospital and admitted for treatment of the eye impalement.

Keywords: concrete form work, equipment failure, eye, hammer , impaled, installing, nail, projectile, residential construction, struck by, wall

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1410968.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls FatCause:

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