Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202545281 - Employee Shoots and Injures Leg with Nail Gun

Accident Summary Nr: 202545281 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/10/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314865502	08/02/2013	1751	238130	Force Framing Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on July 10, 2013, Employee #1 was in building number two on the third floor and performing general carpentry work in an unfinished building. He was working alone. During the work, Employee #1 picked up his personal pneumatic nail gun and it inadvertently fired, lodging an 8 in. penny nail into his left leg. A coworker was in another building when Employee #1 called him on his cell phone and reported the injury. Employee #1 was in pain, with a nail lodged in his left leg. Employee #1 was able to walk and a coworker transported him to a local hospital. Employee #1 was then transferred and admitted to another hospital, where he remained for over a day. Employee #1 had surgery to remove the nail in his left leg.

Keywords: NAIL, STRUCK BY, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314865502			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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