Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201636669 - Loose Nail Falls and Lodges in Carpenter's Eye

Accident Summary Nr: 201636669 -- Report ID: 1054112 -- Event Date: 04/10/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310687918	04/17/2007	1751	238130	Nicholas Garcia Adan Herrera

Abstract: On April 9, 2007, Employee #1 was working as an exterior carpenter for a carpentry contractor. He was using a hammer to tack down CCX plywood on the soffit portion of the roof sheeting. As he was setting the nail, it came loose and struck him in the eye, lodging there. He was hospitalized for treatment for the foreign body in his eye.

Keywords: EYE, NAIL, CARPENTER, STUCK, CONSTRUCTION, SOFFIT, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310687918			Hospitalized injury	Foreign Body Ineye	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Other

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