Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201630423 - Employee shot in head with nail gun

Accident Summary Nr: 201630423 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 09/16/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302147707	09/25/1998	1521	0	Megaframe Construction Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:45 p.m. on September 16, 1998, two employees were in the process of setting and nailing an interior wall in a single-family dwelling. Employee #1 was standing on the floor, holding the wall. Employee #2 was working from a ladder nailing the wall. The hard hat of Employee #1 was blown off by a gust of wind and he bent down to pick it up. While Employee #1 was standing back up, Employee #2 started descending the ladder with his nail gun in his right hand. As Employee #1's head came up, the nail gun was moving toward his head and the two collided. The nail gun discharged, firing a 3 in. type 16D sinker nail into the top of the head of Employee #1. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital by life flight and the nail was extracted.

Keywords: AIR PRESSURE, HEAD, NAIL, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302147707			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Construction laborers	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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