Inspection Detail

Inspection: 301164711 - Brent Penrod Construction

Inspection Information - Office: Utah Division Of Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 301164711

Report ID: 0854910

Date Opened: 11/24/1999

Site Address:
Brent Penrod Construction
Summerset Development
Lehi, UT 84043

Mailing Address:
332 W 100 N, Payson, UT 84651

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1522

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/24/1999

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: S:Construction, S:Construction Fatalities

Case Closed: 11/24/1999

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362651267

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 171058449

Event: 11/22/1999

Employee injured when shot in chest by staple gun

Employee #1 was engaged in framing a house that was under construction. He was sitting in a window that had been framed in, using a pneumatic staple gun loaded with 1 1/4 in. long staples to attach wafer board to the framing. Employee #1 was getting down from the window sill, which was approximately 3 ft above the floor, when the staple gun accidentally fired into his upper left chest. He sustained puncture injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: CHEST, PORTABLE POWER TOOL, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, INATTENTION, PUNCTURE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301164711			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Carpenters

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