Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 964452 - Employee injured when shot by pneumatic nail gun

Accident Summary Nr: 964452 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 04/24/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104394788	05/02/1990	2452	0	Nvr Building Products Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was fabricating wood stain platforms that had been stacked atop each other while being nailed together with a Poslode coiled-feed pneumatic nail gun. As he was moving around this chest-high platform, the hose of his nail gun became tangled and he tripped over a 2-in by 4-in. drier that was holding the platform off the floor. Employee #1 fell on the nail gun, and it shot a nail into his chest, puncturing his lung. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, LUNG, NAIL, STRUCK AGAINST, HOSE, TRIPPED, STRUCK BY, ENTANGLED, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104394788			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Carpenters

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