Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94798.015 - Employee injures right eye while using a nail gun.

Accident Summary Nr: 94798.015 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 03/28/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1225740.015	07/12/2017		236118	Heagy Construction Improvements

Abstract: At approximately 4:00 p.m. on March 28, 2017, an employee was nailing plywood to a residential remodel project with a pneumatic powered nail gun. The nail gun double fed and ricocheted and due to the fact he did not have on safety glasses, it hit the employee's right eye. The employee was hospitalized and treated for eye injury.

Keywords: Eye, Flying Object, Hand Tool, Nail, Residential Construction, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1225740.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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