Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131210.015 - Employee is injured when struck by nail

Accident Summary Nr: 131210.015 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 08/26/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1492340.015	09/02/2020		238160	American Tearoff Services

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on August 26, 2020, Employee #1 and a coworker, both roofers, were loading old wooden roof shakes onto a truck. Employee #1 went up to the flatbed of the truck to make room, so they could load more wooden roof shakes. The coworker threw a roll of wooden roof shakes onto the truck, hitting Employee #1. Employee #1 suffered a right knee puncture from a nail that was protruding from a wooden roof shake. Employee #1 stated that he continued to work but was feeling a lot of pain in his knee and had to go home. Employee #1 was taken by a friend in the afternoon hours of August 26, 2020 to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. On August 28, 2020, Employee #1 was called to go back to the Medical Center, where he was admitted and released on Monday 31, 2020.

Keywords: Flatbed Truck, Flying Object, Knee, Loading, Nail, Puncture, Roofer, Struck By, Truck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1492340.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Roofers

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.