Accident Report Detail
Accident: 105377.015 - Employee Using Powder Actuated Nail Gun Fractures Finger
Accident: 105377.015 -- Report ID: 0152300 -- Event Date: 01/14/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1314566.015 | 02/06/2018 | Town Of Gorham | |||||
At 8:15 a.m. on January 14, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a municipal works department, was installing an interior wall. He was operating a Remington Ramset Tool, a power actuated nail gun, to secure a two by four piece of wood to the carpet-covered concrete floor. In the course of operating the tool, his left index finger struck the tool's barrel with force. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was treated for a fractured finger and then released. | |||||||
Keywords:
powder actuated tool, hand tool, nail, installing, fracture, struck against, wood erection, finger, construction
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Commercial building | Alteration or rehabilitation | 2 | |||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | ||
1 | 1314566.015 | 49 | M | Non Hospitalized injury | Fracture |