Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201079456 - Nail Strikes Carpenter in Eye

Accident Summary Nr: 201079456 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 08/01/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317229664	08/21/2013	1751	238130	Framing Associates

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on August 1, 2013, Employee #1, a 43-year-old male, full-time, carpenter with Framing Associates, suffered a ripped iris on his left eye. The eye was ripped in three pieces when a nail ricocheted off of an L shaped plate into Employee #1's eye. Employee #1 was hospitalized as a result of this puncture event. Framing Associates was established in 2000 and had five to nine full-time, regular employees and provided services to commercial, institutional and residential building construction in California.

Keywords: EYE, NAIL, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	317229664			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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