Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201118429 - Employee Shoots Leg With Nail Gun

Accident Summary Nr: 201118429 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 06/14/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126034842	06/29/2004	1751	238130	Grant Construction Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:00 p.m. on June 16, 2004, Employee #1, a carpenter, was helping frame a new house. Employee #1 was working from a ladder. A coworker called for a lunch break. Employee #1 placed his nail gun on a ladder rung and started to come down the ladder. The nail gun fell and Employee #1 reached for the nail gun, and had the gun against his right lower leg. Employee #1 accidentally pressed the gun's trigger. The gun fired, and a nail entered Employee #1's tibia. Employee #1 was taken to an emergency room where he was treated for a fractured right tibia and released.

Keywords: FRACTURE, NAIL, TIBIA, LADDER, HAND TOOL, LEG, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126034842			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	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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