Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 145581.015 - Employee losses eye by nail gun misfire

Accident Summary Nr: 145581.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 11/02/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1590851.015	04/20/2022		332311	Porter Corp.

Abstract: At 7:25 p.m. on November 2, 2021, an employee was using a Paslode Compact Framing nail gun to install an insulated structural panel from under the panel. The employee did not have the nail gun at a 90 degree angle to the surface when he discharged the gun and shot a three-inch collated nail into his left eye. The employee was hospitalized to treat the loss of his left eye.

Keywords: Eye, Impaled, Installing, Insulation, Nail, Nail gun, Panel, Projectile, Shot, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1590851.015	55	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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