Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 99902.015 - Worker climbing down ladder incurs nail gun injury

Accident Summary Nr: 99902.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 07/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1248743.015	07/20/2017		238130	Ford Brothers Framing, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on July 12, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction framing company, was working at the multiemployer construction site of new two-story residences. He had been working from an 8-foot Husky stepladder and had just completed using a pneumatic nail gun to install a reveal around a house's second-story window. Employee #1 descended the ladder. As he stepped off the ladder at ground level, he inadvertently hit the nail gun trigger with the forefinger of his carrying hand and shot a nail into his upper left leg. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for the nail puncture injury to his leg.

Keywords: Air Pressure, Carpenter, Hand Tool, Leg, Nail, Puncture, Residential Construction, Stepladder, Struck By, Untrained

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1248743.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury

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