OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221542574

ALFREDO LOPEZ JUNIOR

TEMPLE, TX— 2022-07-24T00:00:00

Event: Construction, Eye, Eye protection, Flying Object, Hand Tool, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Residential Construction, Roofer, Struck By
NAICS: 238160
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346105778
Employer profile: ALFREDO LOPEZ JUNIOR
Summary number: 221542574
Report ID: 0625400
Project type: A
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed when hit in eye by flying nail gun part

Investigation abstract

On July 24, 2022, an employee of a roofing contractor (the owner) was attempting to repair a pneumatic nail gun. Coworkers reported that the employee and was seen taking the gun apart and then putting it back together over a 3 hour period. There were no witnesses to what happened but coworkers speculated that the employer attached the nail gun to the air compressor when the gun discharged. A part of the gun flew off the gun and hit the employee in the eye, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
595

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