Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171060460 - Employee injured when eye punctured by nail gun

Accident Summary Nr: 171060460 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 01/16/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303613814	01/17/2001	1751	0	Arcadian Builders Inc

Abstract: The three workers involved in the incident were engaged in horseplay. A coworker and Employee #1 were hand throwing nails to each other. A third worker, with a pneumatic nail gun, fired the nail gun, and Employee #1's right eye was punctured by the pneumatic nail from the nail gun. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: EYE, NAIL, STRUCK BY, HORSEPLAY, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303613814			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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