Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201070356 - Employee Punctures Foot with Nail Gun

Accident Summary Nr: 201070356 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 07/28/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125878918	09/26/2006	1751	238130	Jbd Construction

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on July 28, 2006, Employee #1, a carpenter, was working on a construction site, located in Chula Vista in California. He finished the interior sheet walls using his nail gun for four hours in the morning. Employee #1 lubricated and replaced a broken piston, when he lost the spring. Employee #1 placed the air hose up on the scaffolding without the air compressor hose attached. He moved outside the house and climbed up the stairs. Employee #1 stepped out on to the scaffolding and then hooked up the nail gun and air hose together, keeping them between his feet, and while bending over. When Employee #1 picked up the nail gun that was attached to the air hose, he noticed a nail sticking out of the right side of his shoe. The nail gun firing head was approximately 2 in. from his right foot when it went off, causing the nail to penetrate the upper part of his inside right tennis shoe. Employee #1 sustained a nail puncture injury to the medial part and metatarsal of his right foot. He was hospitalized in the Scripps Mercy hospital in Chula Vista in California.

Keywords: NAIL, WALL, CARPENTER, PISTON, CONSTRUCTION, HOSE, FOOT, LUBRICATING, PUNCTURE, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125878918			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Carpenters

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