Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201115581 - Employee using nail gun was struck in the with a nail

Accident Summary Nr: 201115581 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 02/04/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126185297	03/12/2003	1751	238130	Alderman Construction

Abstract: On February 4, 2003, and employee working for Alderman Construction, Inc. 1363 Donlon Ave., Unit #3 Ventura, CA. 93003 was working on the employer's construction site on series of apartment buildings under construction on the Pepper dine University Campus, in Malibu. The employee was assigned to work with a crew installing joists and doing roof truss layouts. The employee was using a "Hitachi" pneumatic nail gun to nailing a 2-by-4 board across a window opening on the third floor of one of the buildings. The employee was using the "nail gun" hitting the first nail" causing the second nail to "backfire", hitting him in his right eye. The employee was driven to a nearby fire station were paramedics called and ambulance and taken to UCLA Medical Center. The employee was examined and referred to the Jules Stein Eye Institute at the Center where he was admitted for surgery and hospitalized.

Keywords: BOARD, EYE, INSTALLING, JOIST, NAIL, ROOF, BUILDING, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, BACK

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	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126185297			Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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