Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201038189 - Employee Is Injured When Nail Is Fired Into Head

Accident Summary Nr: 201038189 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 06/20/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305506255	07/05/2006	1751	238130	Cove Builders Inc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on June 20, 2006, Employee #1, with Cove Builders, Inc. (a framing contractor), was working on the construction of a five-story condominium complex. While using a pneumatic framing nail gun, he felt a sharp pain in his mouth and noticed that he was bleeding. Employee #1 was transported to Little Company of Mary San Pedro Hospital, where it was found that a nail had lodged in his head, penetrating through the hard pallet, and extending up through his sinus cavity and into his brain. The nail was surgically removed with little apparent brain damage.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, HEAD, NAIL, CARPENTER, MOUTH, CONSTRUCTION, BRAIN, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5	65

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305506255			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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