Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171059637 - Employee's leg injured when nail gun discharges

Accident Summary Nr: 171059637 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 08/03/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303608871	08/04/2000	1796	0	Bfc Industrial Service

Abstract: Employee #1 was sealing up a large shipping crate that was being used to protect a piece of machinery during shipment when his nail gun discharged into his leg. He sustained a puncture wound, for which he was treated and released.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, NAIL, CONSTRUCTION, FLYING OBJECT, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Other		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303608871			Non Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Machinery maintenance occupations	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Other

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