Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100273.015 - Employee is struck by nail from nail gun and his eye is dest

Accident Summary Nr: 100273.015 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 10/16/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1272825.015	10/23/2017		238160	Michael Sykes

Abstract: At 3:30 p.m. on October 16, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by a construction company, were engaged in exterior framing work at a building project. Employee #1 held one wall frame steady as Coworker #1, working from a four-step A-frame stepladder, used a nail gun to tack a second wall to the first at a right angle. A shot from the nail gun either missed the wood two by four or hit it and ricocheted. The shot nail hit Employee #1 in the left brow and entered the eye socket, destroying his eye. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated. The destroyed left eye needed to be removed.

Keywords: Carpenter, Compressed Air, Construction, Eye, Installing, Nail, Pressure Release, Stepladder, Struck By, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition			1	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1272825.015	24	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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