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Accident Summary Nr: 135542.015 - Employee punctures arm when using nail gun to build pallet g

Accident Summary Nr: 135542.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 04/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1525675.015	04/19/2021		321911	Jeld-Wen, Inc

Abstract: At 4:18 p.m. on April 12, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a window and door manufacturer was using a pneumatic nail gun to build a pallet gate. The employee shot a nail in her arm and was hospitalized to treat a puncture wound.

Keywords: Arm, Assembling, Equipment Operator, Flying Object, Gun, Hand Tool, Impaled, Laborer, Machine Guarding, Nail, Nail gun, Pallet, Pneumatic, Pneumatic equipment, Pneumatic tool , Projectile, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Shot, Struck By, Wood

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1525675.015	32	F	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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