OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221379316
LA-Z-BOY INCORPORATED
DAYTON, TN·
Event description
Employee injures head while using staple gun
Investigation abstract
At 5:45 p.m. on August 4, 2021, an employee was assembling a three-seat sofa on the north side of Cell 58. He had just stapled components into place when, while holding the staple gun in his non-dominant left hand, he inadvertently triggered it. The staple gun unexpectedly contacted his forehead, discharging a 16-gauge, galvanized chisel point staple that fully penetrated his forehead. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of the head injury.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 785
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