Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170181358 - EMPLOYEE PUNCTURES HEAD WITH POWERED HAND TOOL

Accident Summary Nr: 170181358 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 03/04/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112019104	03/06/1992	3585	0	Anthony Manufacturing

Abstract: AT ABOUT 4:30 P.M. ON MARCH 4, 1992, AN INJURY OCCURRED IN THE SHIPPING DEPARTMENT OF A MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN PACOMA, CA. EMPLOYEE #1, A PRODUCTION WORKER, WAS TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED TO THE SHIPPING DEPARTMENT TO LOAD TRUCKS. HE PICKED UP A PNEUMATIC-POWERED STAPLE GUN, WHICH WAS BEING USED BY OTHER WORKERS TO FASTEN WOOD SHIPPING CRATES, AND PLAYFULLY POINTED IT AT HIS COWORKERS. AFTER BEING CAUTIONED NOT TO PLAY AROUND, HE PULLED THE TRIGGER TO SHOW THAT IT WOULD NOT OPERATE/FIRE BECAUSE OF A POINT-OF-OPERATION SAFETY DEVICE. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN PLACED THE STAPLE GUN TO HIS HEAD AND IT DISCHARGED, DRIVING A 1 3/4-INCH LONG STEEL STAPLE INTO HIS HEAD, NEAR HIS EAR.

Keywords: STAPLING MACHINE, HEAD, WORK RULES, HORSEPLAY, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112019104			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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