Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202657433 - Employee Injures Hand with Nail Gun

Accident Summary Nr: 202657433 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 04/17/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316669688	04/24/2013	1731	238210	Land Mark Electric, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 5:00 a.m. on April 17, 2013, an incident occurred where Employee #1 and two coworkers went to the transcription room of a hospital to install fasteners with the powder actuated nail gun into concrete deck T bar ceiling. Employee #1 while standing on a ladder steadied the nail gun with his left hand on the barrel and the right on loading tab. Employee #1 then fired the powder actuated gun and the loading tab recoiled injuring Employee #1's right hand. Employee #1 was taken to the emergency room at a local area hospital where he was diagnosed with severed tendons and blood veins in his right hand. Employee #1 was in the Hospital for three days.

Keywords: TENDON, NAIL, HEALTH CARE FACILITY, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, CONCRETE, HAND

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$250,000 to $500,000	4	48	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316669688			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Electricians

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