OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884379
CHEST,PORTABLE POWER TOOL,LUNG,NAIL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,PUNCTURE
Event description
Employee's chest punctured by nail from nail gun
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:15 a.m. on July 13, 1989, Employee #1 was doing finish nailin g on plywood side panels on a one-story building. He was using a pneumatic nail gun working from an 8 foot stepladder. Employee #1 laid the nail gun down on the painter's platform on the ladder and began to descend to get more nails. The na il gun fell from the platform. Employee #1 attempted to catch the nail gun, caug ht the trigger handle, and accidentally depressed the trigger. The head of the n ail gun hit Employee #1 in the upper left portion of his chest and discharged a 3 inch nail into his chest. Employee #1 sustained a puncture wound to his chest and the upper edge of his left lung.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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