| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-22 | Saint Augustine | Fl | Coastal Roofing, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On October 22, 2021, at 1:30 p.m., an employee was kneeling down on a roof to install shingles when a nail gun slid and shot a nail above the employee's knee. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-08-30 | Jacksonville | Fl | Subcontractor Solutions, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| At about 2:50 p.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee was holding a 2-by-4 in place when a nail from a nail gun struck him in the eye. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-08-10 | El Paso | Tx | Hernandez Framing, LLC | Hip(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was descending a 4-foot ladder while holding a pneumatic nail gun when the gun triggered and a nail struck his right hip, resulting in hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-07-28 | Plainfield | Il | CCA MIDWEST, INC. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On July 28, 2021, an employee was nailing a double 2-inch by 6-inch top plate to the top of a first floor wall. When he fired a pneumatic nail gun into the plate, the nail split the wood, went through the plate, and punctured his hand between the thumb and the index finger. | |||||
| 2021-07-28 | Tipp City | Oh | J&L Wood Products | Arm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was building a pallet using a nail gun and was struck in the left arm by a 3-inch nail. | |||||
| 2021-06-08 | Milner | Ga | QUALITY CONSTRUCTION BY MCLEROY, INC. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a nail gun to attach metal plates to trusses. A nail from the gun deflected off a metal plate and impaled the employee's left index finger. | |||||
| 2021-06-01 | Austin | Tx | Builder's FirstSource | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A temporary employee was bending down to pick up a lateral support block when his nail gun fired a nail into his right knee. | |||||
| 2021-05-26 | Eureka | Mo | Con-Tech Carpentry, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was stepping up to a concrete ledge with a nail gun. The gun shot a nail into his right knee when he stepped up. | |||||
| 2021-03-12 | Needham | Ma | J.W. CAMPBELL CONSTRUCTION, INC. | Head | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| Two employees collided while one of them was climbing down a ladder carrying a nail gun. The gun discharged, firing a wire nail fastener into the other employee's head. That employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2021-02-25 | Leesville | La | Champion Home Builders | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was repairing/unjamming a pneumatic nail gun. The gun activated and drove a nail into the employee's left index finger; she was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2021-02-24 | Houston | Tx | Janus International Group, LLC | Lower leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was working in the finished crating area, using a nail gun to build a wooden crate in order to ship finished product. The nail gun activated, discharging a nail into his calf that had to be removed surgically. | |||||
| 2021-02-22 | Brooksville | Fl | Barrette Outdoor Living, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was building a shipment using a pneumatic nail gun when the nail hit a knot in the wood and ricocheted, going into his left knee area and resulting in an injury that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2021-02-16 | Waycross | Ga | WMT Housing, LLC | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a nail gun to install molding in a closet. The nail gun shot a 1 1/2-inch brad nail into the employee's chest. | |||||
| 2020-10-19 | Spring | Tx | Esteban Gomez | Nonclassifiable | Other fall to lower level 26 to 30 feet |
| An employee was reaching for a sliding nail gun and fell 30 feet off a roof onto the ground. The employee suffered broken bones. | |||||
| 2020-09-12 | Seymour | Wi | Performance Pallet Corp | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was building pallets using a nail gun. He tripped on a board on the floor, and the gun shot a nail through his hand. | |||||
| 2020-09-03 | Deland | Fl | Morin Corporation | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to build wood pallets when their left thigh was impaled by a nail. | |||||
| 2020-09-03 | Garland | Tx | Red River Framing, LLC | Hand(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was framing using a nail gun. The nail gun fractured bones in his right hand. | |||||
| 2020-08-22 | Port Saint Lucie | Fl | Bluewater Construction Solutions Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun. A nail bounced back and struck the employee in the eye, cutting the eyelid. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-08-06 | Guilderland | Ny | PECO Pallet | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was at a repair station, filling lumber on the bottom shelf of a lumber rack. Another employee placed a nail gun on the bottom shelf of a nearby table, and the gun fired a nail into the first employee's upper back on the left side. | |||||
| 2020-07-10 | Fremont | Nebraska | Structural Component Systems, Inc | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| Three employees were assembling a wooden truss. A nail from a pneumatic nail gun ricocheted off the truss and punctured the left side of the employee's chest. | |||||
| 2020-07-09 | Bethel | Connecticut | DN Tanks, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was standing at two sawhorses, assembling pieces of wood to be part of a larger concrete form work. She was holding a 2-by-4 with her left hand and a gas-powered nail gun in her right hand. When she fired a 16-penny nail into the wood, it hit a knot, turned out, and punctured her left index finger. | |||||
| 2020-07-01 | Friendswood | Texas | Andrade Concrete & Construction, Inc. | Lower leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a nail gun to frame the chimney area of a house when the gun shot a nail into his right lower leg. He was hospitalized and had surgery to remove the nail. | |||||
| 2020-06-04 | Fayetteville | West Virgini | G. A. Carlson & Company | Head | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| Two employees were installing braces on trusses. One of them was using a nail gun when it struck the other employee's head and discharged, firing a 3 1/2-inch framing nail into his head. | |||||
| 2020-04-15 | Silsbee | Texas | Wooden Pallets, LTD. | Head | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was reaching under a nail table where nail guns are kept when he struck the handle of a nail gun with his head and it discharged a nail into the back of his head. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-03-26 | Atlanta | Georgia | Main Steel Polishing Co., Inc. of GA | Lower leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a nail gun to nail a slab on top of a pallet. A nail went through the wood of the pallet and into the employee's leg, right below the calf. | |||||
| 2020-03-26 | Cocoa | Florida | LONESTAR KER CORP | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was replacing shingles on a roof. The employee tripped over the hose for a nail gun and fell to the stone ground 8 feet below, suffering three broken ribs and a cut to the head. | |||||
| 2020-01-28 | Boise | Idaho | Procon Homes, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was climbing a ladder with a nail gun hanging off a tool belt when the nail gun trigger hit the ladder, resulting in a nail penetrating the employee's knee. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-15 | Arlington | Texas | Lane Supply Co. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was making a wooden crate with a pneumatic nail gun when the employee slipped with the nail gun in hand. The trigger release was hit and the nail gun went off, shooting a nail into the employee's left foot. | |||||
| 2019-08-12 | Key West | Florida | Wayne Garcia Building Contractor, INC. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was doing the wood framing around a window when he suffered a nail gun puncture wound to the chest cavity. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-07-05 | Seymour | Wisconsin | Performance Pallet Corp. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was building pallets using a nail gun. As he bent down to nail a pallet, the gun fired into his leg, lodging a nail into his knee. | |||||
| 2019-06-25 | Denver | Colorado | Precision Building Systems | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee injured their left leg with a nail gun. | |||||
| 2019-06-20 | Boise | Idaho | Pro Con Homes, Inc | Mouth | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a nail gun when a nail ricocheted off another nail and impaled the employee through the tongue and into the roof of the mouth. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2019-06-04 | Plainfield | Illinois | Central Sod Farms Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was repairing pallets using a nail gun when a nail was fired into his upper right thigh. | |||||
| 2019-05-31 | Naperville | Illinois | Monarch Enterprises Inc. | Multiple trunk locations | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was nailing siding on a building with a nail gun in a lift. The gun shot him in the lower chest and upper stomach. | |||||
| 2019-04-25 | Great Lakes | Illinois | NAVFAC Midlant dba PWD - Great Lakes | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was carrying a nail gun when a 2.5-inch trim nail discharged from the gun into his abdomen. | |||||
| 2019-04-24 | Robins A F B | Georgia | Maloof Weathertight Solutions, LLC | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was assembling a parapet with a nail gun when she attempted to move by sliding. Her finger was on the trigger when it hit her leg, causing the nail gun to fire a nail into her upper thigh. | |||||
| 2019-04-22 | Omaha | Nebraska | Builders Supply Co., Inc. | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A temporary worker was nailing boards when a nail from a nail gun punctured his forearm. | |||||
| 2019-04-17 | Albany | New York | Brad Connolly | Skull | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee's head contacted a nail gun, which fired a nail into his head, puncturing his skull. | |||||
| 2019-03-05 | Fort Worth | Texas | Toribio Ibarra | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A nail gun shot a nail into an employee's right knee. | |||||
| 2019-02-18 | Sunny Isles Beach | Florida | AARON BUILDERS & DEVELOPMENT CO., INC. | Hip(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was removing a nail gun from his tool belt when it fired a nail into his right hip. | |||||
| 2019-01-29 | Apple Creek | Ohio | Millwood, Inc. | Fingernail(s), nailbed(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A temporary employee was using an electric nail gun to build product when a nail nicked his right thumb nail. He was hospitalized due to an infection. | |||||
| 2019-01-18 | Hollywood | Florida | Interstate Complete Restoration and Construction | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was replacing the floor trim, using a pneumatic nail gun. A nail hit something and bounced back into his left eye. The employee sustained an eye injury requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2018-09-13 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Bloom Engineering | Ankle(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| While building a shipping crate, an employee tripped on a nail gun's air hose. The nail gun shot a nail into the employee's left ankle. | |||||
| 2018-08-30 | Palm Bay | Florida | Jade IC Enterprises, LLC | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a nail gun to install a roofing system when a nail ricocheted and struck the employee's eye. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2018-08-20 | Clayton | Ohio | FCA, LLC | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was building a wooden crate with another employee. His arm moved forward at the same time that the second employee lowered the nail gun. The nail gun discharged upon contact with the first employee's arm. The nail entered the employee's right forearm. | |||||
| 2018-08-08 | Kirkwood | Pennsylvania | Octorara Roofing, LLC | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was operating a pneumatic nail gun at the ridge of the roof when the gun shot a nail into his foot, entering the bone. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-07-27 | Madison | Mississippi | THRASH COMMERCIAL CONTRACTORS, INC. | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to nail 2x8 boards together when his right leg bumped the nail gun. The gun then discharged a nail into his right leg, striking his bone. | |||||
| 2018-07-23 | Amsterdam | New York | Power Recycling, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was making a wooden pallet. With a nail gun in his right hand, he picked up a board with his left hand. The nail gun discharged, shooting a nail into his left wrist. | |||||
| 2018-07-13 | Houston | Texas | Mitsubishi Caterpillar Forklift America | Lower leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was trying to secure dunnage in a trailer using a pneumatic nail gun. He was in the process of standing up from a kneeling position when the gun's trigger was caught in his work boots. The tongue of the boots depressed the trigger, causing it to fire a nail into his right lower leg. | |||||
| 2018-07-13 | North Palm Beach | Florida | Trade Staff Management | Eye(s) | Struck by object or equipment |
| An employee was working on carpentry with a nail gun when something shot into his eye. | |||||
| 2018-06-14 | Himrod | New York | Woodtex | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| Employees were using a nail gun to frame wall studs for a shed. While a co-worker was passing the nail gun to the injured employee, it fired and a nail punctured the injured employee's knee. | |||||
| 2018-05-21 | Tulsa | Oklahoma | Fixtures & Drywall Company of Oklahoma, Inc. | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c. |
| Two employees were fighting over a nail gun when one employee was shot in the stomach with the nail gun, requiring hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2018-05-16 | Meigs | Georgia | Strickland's Roofing LLC | Head | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| 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. | |||||
| 2018-05-16 | Deland | Florida | Hopton Roofing, Inc. | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was holding a piece of siding in position with his left hand so he could nail it in place. His right hand slipped while positioning the nail gun and the nail shot into his left hand, puncturing it and possibly fracturing one bone. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2018-05-03 | Farrell | Pennsylvania | Voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was assembling a wooden pallet using a pneumatic nail gun when a nail went through the employee's hand. The employee was hospitalized for hand trauma. | |||||
| 2018-04-06 | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | Residential Creations, LLC. | Head | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was nailing framing above his head at a residential property when the nail gun fired a nail into his head. He was hospitalized and had brain surgery. | |||||
| 2018-04-03 | Harlingen | Texas | Cardone Industries, Inc. | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was moving a pallet to turn it in a different direction. A nail gun was about to fall and the employee tried to catch it. As the employee reached for the nail gun, the trigger was activated and the nail gun discharged a nail into the employee's right thigh. | |||||
| 2018-04-02 | Lincoln | Nebraska | Arbor Industries, Inc. | Knee(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was operating a pneumatic nail gun when it fired a nail into his knee. | |||||
| 2018-03-15 | Mckinney | Texas | Lone Star Reel, Inc. | Knee(s) | Other fall to lower level |
| An employee was holding a nail gun as he placed plywood down to get cut. He then stepped on a rail, lost his balance, and fell. As he fell, the nail gun shot a nail into his right knee, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2018-02-28 | Safety Harbor | Florida | Jacobsen Homes | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was installing trim around a window using a nail gun when he lowered the nail gun and it went off, shooting a nail into his leg. | |||||
| 2018-01-05 | Fremont | Nebraska | Christensen Lumber Component Plant | Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| Employee #1 was walking in an area where employee #2 was nailing a bottom plate with a nail gun. A nail from the nail gun bounced off a board, hitting employee #1 in the neck and causing windpipe trauma. | |||||
| 2017-09-22 | Houston | Texas | BMC, LLC | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On September 22, 2017, at approximately 2:15 PM, an employee was helping a coworker drive nails into a wood door using a nail gun when the door moved. The employee was then shot by the nail gun. The nail pierced the employee's left forearm to the bone. | |||||
| 2017-09-01 | Holiday City | Ohio | Midwest Manufacturing | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On September 1, 2017, an employee was nailing wooden trusses using a nail gun. As the employee went to kneel down, the nail gun fired a nail into his right knee, requiring hospitalization. | |||||
| 2017-07-21 | Graysville | Pennsylvania | CBTK Group | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to build a deck. The nail gun was attached to his tool belt. As he bent down, the safety on the nail gun pushed against his leg. The hammer then swung around and hit the trigger on the nail gun, causing it to fire a nail into his thigh. | |||||
| 2017-06-19 | Melbourne | Florida | Property Renovations And Construction, LLC | Ankle(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was picking up trash on the roof when he stepped back and a coworker's nail gun released a nail into the back of his right ankle. | |||||
| 2017-05-26 | Lancaster | Pennsylvania | Twin Hollow Construction | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was prepping trusses on the ground when his framing nail gun shot his left leg. | |||||
| 2017-05-10 | Palm Coast | Florida | Florida Roofmasters, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was nailing felt paper on a deck when the felt paper moved, causing him to lose balance while holding the nail gun in his right hand. A nail then ejected and punctured his left middle finger. He was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2017-04-26 | Scranton | Pennsylvania | Simplex Homes Inc | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was nailing flooring when a nail gun fired into his right foot, resulting in hospitalization for possible bone damage. | |||||
| 2017-04-17 | Calumet City | Illinois | Apek Incorporated | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On April 17, 2017, at approximately 3:30 p.m., an employee received an eye injury when he was struck by a nail from a second employee's nail gun. | |||||
| 2017-04-12 | Tiffin | Ohio | Clouse Construction Corp. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On April 12, 2017, an employee was nailing plywood to a truss with a nail gun, when the nail gun double jumped and a nail went through his right foot. | |||||
| 2017-04-10 | Toledo | Ohio | Buildtech Limited | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On April 10, 2017, a temporary employee was using a nail gun and shot a nail into his right knee resulting in hospitalization to surgically remove the nail. | |||||
| 2017-03-03 | Atlanta | Georgia | MILLWOOD, INC. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was repairing a wood pallet and struck his knee with a nail from a nail gun. | |||||
| 2017-03-02 | Miami | Florida | Aljoma Lumber | Heel(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was building a pallet when his foot got caught up in the nail gun hose while he was holding the nail gun with his finger on the trigger and a nail shot into his right heel. | |||||
| 2017-02-27 | Houston | Texas | Allied Group | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was preparing a pallet with a pneumatic nail gun when the air hose became wrapped around his right leg. While trying to unwrap the hose from around his leg, the nail gun engaged and struck the back of his right foot. | |||||
| 2017-02-16 | Oconomowoc | Wisconsin | BCI Exteriors inc. | Back, including spine, spinal cord | Other fall to lower level 6 to 10 feet |
| An employee was standing on an extension ladder installing shingles on the roof. The employee was using a nail gun when the hose became tangled. The employee pulled on the hose and fell approximately 5 to 6 feet from the ladder to the ground, breaking vertebrae. | |||||
| 2017-02-07 | Bonham | Texas | Lone Star Reel Corporation | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun when the gun nailed the back of the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2017-02-06 | Orlando | Florida | Tuff Shed, Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On 02/06/2017, an employee was using a framing nail gun to set wood to the wall when a nail ricocheted and struck his left thumb. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2017-02-03 | Bridgeville | Delaware | Stephen Enterprises Inc | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was repairing a pallet with a nail gun when a nail ricocheted and went under his face shield, piercing his left eye. | |||||
| 2017-01-19 | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Enersys Delaware, Inc | Hand(s), except finger(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a nail gun to package batteries when a nail shot into the employee's left hand. | |||||
| 2017-01-03 | Grapevine | Texas | L&L Pro Pac, Inc. | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was working on a wooden crate and using a pneumatic nail gun when a nail penetrated his right eye. | |||||
| 2016-10-13 | Sandusky | Ohio | Janotta & Herner | Hand(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using an air powered nail gun and shot a nail into their left hand. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2016-09-09 | Paisley | Florida | Van Deusen Roofin and Sheet Metal, LLC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to secure roof decking when a nail shot through the employee's shoe into the top of the foot and was embedded in the bone. The employee required overnight hospitalization and surgery. | |||||
| 2016-07-12 | Arbela | Missouri | Goodman Classic Construction Inc | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On or about July 12, 2016, an employee was using a nail gun to install wood blocking. The nail gun discharged and the nail struck the employee in the stomach area. | |||||
| 2016-07-06 | Ellsworth Afb | South Dakota | Mandala, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was installing exterior walls to a back patio storage unit. He was nailing the top sill plate with a nail gun when the gun bounced and swung down, hitting his left leg. His finger was still on the trigger, and the gun fired a nail into his leg. | |||||
| 2016-06-23 | Ocean City | New Jersey | Scott Lane | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a nail gun to attach molding inside a home when a nail came back and hit him in the eye. | |||||
| 2016-06-14 | Bradenton Beach | Florida | FL. Southern Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc. | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee's leg was punctured by the nail from a nail gun the employee was using to hang fascia. | |||||
| 2016-06-02 | Conover | Ohio | Conover Lumber Company, Inc. | Wrist(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was crating merchandise and using a pneumatic nail gun to attach the boards. A nail was fired into his right wrist. | |||||
| 2016-04-14 | San Antonio | Texas | Elvas Pallets LLC | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee had just completed nailing a pallet with a nail gun. The employee's finger was on the trigger as the nail gun was set down. The nail gun brushed the employee's upper leg and went off. The nail punctured the employee's right kneecap. | |||||
| 2016-04-12 | Austin | Texas | Marcus Construction | Eye(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was nailing with a nail gun. When a nail hit another nail, it bounced off and struck the employee in the left eye. The employee required surgery for the eye injury. | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Myerstown | Pennsylvania | H.M. Stauffer & Son, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was using a pneumatic nail gun to assemble walls when the gun came in contact with his knee and discharged the nail into it. He required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2016-04-06 | Webb City | Missouri | CARDINAL SCALE MANUFACTURING | Eye(s) | Explosion, n.e.c. |
| An employee attempted to tap into an airline to operate a nail gun. When he operated the nail gun, it exploded. The employee lost an eye and suffered multiple lacerations to the hands and face. | |||||
| 2016-02-29 | Madison | Wisconsin | QBC, LLC | Leg(s) | Trip over an object without fall |
| While descending a ladder with a nail gun, an employee tripped over the nail gun hose and started to fall. As he tried to prevent the fall, his finger activated the trigger and he was shot in the right leg. | |||||
| 2016-02-29 | Wood Dale | Illinois | Opto International, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| On February 29, 2016, 2nd shift (2:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.) the injured employee was performing his regular job duties to assemble wooden crates with a pneumatic staple gun, nail gun, and other hand tools. At approximately at 6:40 p.m., the injured employee was adjusting his position to assemble the bottom of the crate that was enclosing a part placed on the pallet on the floor. The injured employee moved around the crate to position his body and inadvertently pressed or had something else press th | |||||
| 2016-02-23 | Windermere | Florida | 411 Restoration & Remodeling, Inc | Forearm(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee using a pneumatic nail gun was shot in the right forearm when the nail came out the back of the gun. | |||||
| 2016-01-26 | Park Ridge | Illinois | Woodmark, LLC | Knee(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| An employee was nailing decking on a first floor deck. The plywood was icy, and the employee slipped and fell with his nail gun in hand. As he fell, the nail gun discharged a long nail that punctured his right knee. | |||||
| 2015-12-18 | Sumner | Texas | LOAD TRAIL LLC | Thigh(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee accidentally shot himself in the right thigh with a pneumatic nail gun and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-10-21 | Port Edwards | Wisconsin | Tradesmen International, Inc. | Knee(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee carrying a nail gun tripped with his finger on the trigger and the nail gun shot a nail into his knee. | |||||
| 2015-10-20 | Grand Forks | North Dakota | Holweger Construction, LLC | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was struck in the face by a nail from a second employee's nail gun and admitted to the emergency room. The second employee shot himself in the stomach with the nail gun and was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2015-10-17 | New Bedford | Massachusett | RELIABLE TRUSS & COMPONENTS, INCORPORATED | Leg(s) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| A temporary employee was hospitalized after shooting himself in the left foot/ankle with a nail gun. | |||||
| 2015-09-28 | Port Saint Lucie | Florida | TRADE WINDS ROOFING, INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by discharged object or substance |
| An employee was installing asphalt shingles when he accidently shot himself in the foot with his nail gun. | |||||