Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201482411 - Miss-hit nail injures employee's eye

Accident Summary Nr: 201482411 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 09/02/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125805804	09/22/1999	1542	0	Etter & Son Construction Company

Abstract: At approximately 9:30 a.m. on September 2, 1999, Employee #1 was using a hand held hammer to drive nails while attaching the sill plate to a stud wall that was being framed. One of the nails was miss-hit and bounced off of the concrete slab striking Employee #1 in the right eye. The nail punctured the eye resulting in a leakage of vitreous fluid and requiring surgical repair. Employee #1 was admitted to North Bay Hospital. He was hospitalized for two days. Employee #1 was not wearing safety glasses or other eye protection at the time of the accident.

Keywords: EYE, CONCRETE SLAB, NAIL, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, PPE, WORK RULES

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	26

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125805804			Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	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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