Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Strickland's Roofing LLC
Start: 5/16/2018

1 hospitalization · 2018054765 · 5/16/2018 · Strickland's Roofing LLC

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head, unspecified
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Struck by discharged object or substance
Source: Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary source: Nail guns-powered

Employer

Name: Strickland's Roofing LLC
Location: 2915 Mayfield Lane, MEIGS, GEORGIA, 31765
NAICS: 238160
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to install asphalt shingles on a residential roof when the nail gun brushed his head and was triggered, shooting a nail into his head. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown