Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201035359 - Employee injures eye when struck by nail

Accident Summary Nr: 201035359 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 08/15/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305473928	08/27/2003	1521	236118	Apex Builders Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on August 15, 2003, Employee #1, the Project Manager for a company that was framing a single family, two-story residence was on the top plate of the first floor wall. When he shot a nail into a board, metal strapping (approximately 0.125-inch-thick) below the board deflected the nail. The point of the nail entered and exited the employee's cheek and the white portion of his left eye. The point of the nail came to rest in the flesh behind his eyebrow. He was wearing his personal glasses which were not safety glasses. He was hospitalized and surgery was performed.

Keywords: EYE, NAIL, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, METAL STRIP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305473928			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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