OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14327548
HEAD,NAIL,CARPENTER,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,POWDER ACTUATED TOOL
Event description
SHOT IN HEAD BY A POWDER ACTUATED TOOL
Investigation abstract
TWO CARPENTERS WERE USING A POWDER ACTUATED TOOL TO ANCHOR PLYWOOD FORMS TO A CO NCRETE WALL. A THIRD CARPENTER WAS CUTTING FORMS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET AWAY. ONE OF THE CARPENTERS FIRED INTO A HOLLOW SECTION OF THE CONCRETE, ALLOWING THE 2" NAIL TO BECOME A PROJECTILE. THE NAIL STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS CUTTING FORMS IN THE HEAD, KILLING HIM. NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE USING HEAD OR FACE PROTECTI ON AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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