Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201145844 - Employee Is Injured When Shoots Nail Into Cheek

Accident Summary Nr: 201145844 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 11/18/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305355083	12/06/2004	1751	238130	Wiesen Construction

Abstract: On November 18, 2004, Employee #1, a journeyman carpenter, was up on the second- story floor nailing a post with a new Hitachi NR83A2, 3.25 in.-pneumatic strip nail gun. Employee #1 was leaning over and bent downwards toe nailing at an angle. He felt something hit his right cheek. He thought, he possibly hit a knot or another nail and when the gun kicked back, the butt of the gun hit him in his cheek accidentally. He shot a nail into his right cheek. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital where x-rays revealed that the nail entered the right cheek, passed through the right eye socket and into the brain. A surgery was required, and Employee #1 was hospitalized over 24 hours. There were no direct witnesses to the incident.

Keywords: EYE, HEAD, GUNSHOT, NAIL, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FACE, BRAIN, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305355083			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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