Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 124596.015 - Employee's wrist is impaled by nail

Accident Summary Nr: 124596.015 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 12/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1452048.015	12/16/2019		238160	Panelized Structures Inc.

Abstract: On December 10, 2019, an employee was laying plywood to be nailed by his coworker to a panelized frame with a nail gun. As the employee moved towards his coworker, the employee put his arm towards his coworker and the coworker turned towards him. The coworker depressed the trigger of the nail gun, shooting a nail into the employee's wrist. The employee was impaled by the nail and hospitalized.

Keywords: Construction, Impaled, Nail, Nail gun, Puncture Wound, Trigger, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	42

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1452048.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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