Builder's Bloc Contracting Services

Struck by discharged object or substance — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds — CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Builder's Bloc Contracting Services in CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI
Employer Builder's Bloc Contracting Services Report ID 20191011121
Address Lot 24 Fienup Farm City, State ZIP CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI 63005
Event Date October 24, 2019 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds Body Part Foot (feet), unspecified
Event Type Struck by discharged object or substance Source of Injury Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
Secondary Source Nail guns-powered
Industry (NAICS) 236115 Inspection # 1440904
GPS Coordinates 38.63000, -90.65000

Incident Narrative

An employee was nailing siding with a pneumatic coil nail gun. The gun shot a nail into her foot. She was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On October 24, 2019, a worker at Builder's Bloc Contracting Services in CHESTERFIELD, MISSOURI suffered puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds to the foot (feet), unspecified. The incident was classified as struck by discharged object or substance, with nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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