Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126723.015 - Nail gun is dropped from rafters, discharged nail injures Em

Accident Summary Nr: 126723.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 06/04/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1477723.015	06/05/2020		238130	G. A. Carlson & Company

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on June 4, 2020, Employee #1 was working for a framing contractor. A coworker was working in the rafters installing cross bracing on roof trusses at a residential construction site. Employee #1 was working on the ground. The coworker dropped a nail gun from the rafters striking Employee #1 on the head, causing the nail gun to discharge a nail into the head of Employee #1. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Falling Object, Frame, Framing, Head, Impaled, Nail, Nail gun, Pneumatic, Portable Power Tool, Rafter, Roof, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1477723.015	52	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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