Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201166592 - Employee inadvertantly fires nail into own leg

Accident Summary Nr: 201166592 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/17/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126151232	01/26/2005	1751	238130	John Scharff Construction

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on December 17, 2004, Employee #1, of John Scharff Construction, was using a pneumatic nail gun on the framing of a house at a jobsite in Bel Air, CA. He was preparing to drive a nail when a coworker, Employee #2, tripped on the tool's air line. The tug on the air line caused the nail gun to hit Employee #1's leg just as Employee #1 pulled the trigger. A nail drove into Employee #1's right leg. He had outpatient surgery the same evening and was released two days later.

Keywords: NAIL, CARPENTER, COMPRESSED AIR, CONSTRUCTION, TRIPPED, 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		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	26

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126151232			Hospitalized injury	Other	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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