OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #779603
SHEET METAL,CONSTRUCTION,EAR,NOISE,POWDER ACTUATED TOOL
Event description
Employee's eardrum broken by loud noise
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a sheet metal worker, was hanging sheet metal ducts with a Hilti DX 36M powder- actuated tool using red shots #SdF22p8t (the hottest and strongest). He was shooting metal hanger straps into Q decking that was 22 gauge thick and would be covered with 3 in. of concrete. The straps are used to hold up the shee t metal duct work. The area Employee #1 was working in had some steel studs in p lace for partitions and some unfinished sheet rock had been put up. Employee #1' s eardrum was broken by a loud impact noise.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 47
- Occupation code
- 596
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 16
- Task assigned
- 1
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