Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201146206 - Employee injured when nail gun fires into hand

Accident Summary Nr: 201146206 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 09/28/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305355158	12/21/2004	1542	236220	Sc Anderson Construction

Abstract: On September 28, 2004, Employee #1 was on the second floor of a building barricading a window. He had borrowed a Ramset powder-actuated nail gun to drive 3 in. long nails into the concrete. Employee #1 was cocking the gun when he accidentally hit the trigger and a nail punctured his left palm, fracturing the bone connected to his left middle finger. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, FINGER, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, POWDER ACTUATED TOOL, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305355158			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Other

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