Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140109.015 - Employee sustains puncture wound to leg when unjamming nail

Accident Summary Nr: 140109.015 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 08/05/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1548698.015	08/06/2021		321214	The Carter-Jones Lumber Company

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on August 5, 2021, an employee working as an assembler for a truss manufacturer was operating a Paslode Model # F350S Pneumatic Nail Gun. The employee was assembling a wood panel when the nail gun jammed. The employee struck the gun on the table in an attempt to dislodge the jammed nail. When he struck the gun on the table, it bounced off the table and struck his leg just above the knee. At the same time, the gun released the nail firing it into his leg. The employee was hospitalized to treat a puncture wound, contusions and bruising and required surgery to remove the nail.

Keywords: Assembling, Assembly Line, Contusion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Equipment Operator, Gun, Hand Tool, Manufacturing, Nail, Nail gun, Production Line, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Shot, Struck By, Truss, Wood

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1548698.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Assemblers

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