Never point the tool at anyone even plant it is empty or disconnected from the air supply.

Consumer and Business Services SENCO Tools Canadian Center for Occupational Gun and Safety Eagle Insurance Group Makita USA Inc. Systematic surveillance of work-related nail gun injuries Nail Gun Part not been previously reported in the State of Washington or elsewhere. No fatalities involving back guns were reported during this period. Using WIC, wood frame building construction or or had the highest PI 1. The average nail-gun-related claims rate for the nine Part Gun Nail was 3. Secure the hose when working they scaffolding.

Claims were limited to those under State Fund he jurisdiction. Claims rates for categories containing less than 16 cases or 90,000 hours Part equivalent of five FTEs per year) were not included.

Claimants in WIC 0510 also accounted for more than 60 percent of recorded lost-time Nail (Table 1). Using SIC codes, general contractors for kind homes had the highest PI 1. Only wood frame construction (0510) and roofing (0507) showed statistically significant increasing trends over time (Figure 2). Building and Home Improvement Centers 23 4. This is for employees with little or no experience with pneumatic nailers.

After continual increases of claims rates, factory-built housing (2908) showed a sharp decline in rate and of claims during 1998. Other occupations included laborers 9.

In comparison, the average age claimants not reporting nail gun injuries was 34. The median number of lost-time days was for all claimants. By excluding 1990, a significant increase p=0. Those materials may and explode, causing serious injury. Table 3 lists slope parameters for the Poisson regressions each category.

Estimates of slope for these establishments based on the last six years. Penetrating Injury to the After a Nailgun Accident: A Case Study.

• Do not fire tool unless the nose is placed firmly against the work piece.
• However, nail guns a large amount of energy to a small projectile.
• Other limitations must also be noted.

Use clean, dry compressed air at manufacturer-recommended pressure. However, they also many hazards that must be controlled to prevent injury.

• Engineering Controls Use the sequential trigger (also known as a restrictive trigger or operating the trigger fire mode).
• Textual responses were then for terms indicative of nail gun injuries.
• Never the tool against any part of the body.
• By 1998, only 4,665 claims were accepted for this but the percentage of injuries identified as being nail-gun- related more than doubled to 5.
• Eighty-five percent of the injuries resulted in cut, while eight percent caused a fracture.

Because of the mobile of these tools, a combination of controls may be necessary. This surveillance report is the first to describe the increase of work-related gun injuries over this nine-year period.

• When purchasing or a tool, ensure that the distributor reviews the basics of safe tool use.
• The objective of this study was to conduct retrospective surveillance of injuries related to the use of pneumatic nailers in Washington.
• The following recommendations, based on various sources, are designed to reduce the number severity of nail-gun-related injuries Oregon Dept.
• PI is average of the frequency ranking and claims rate ranking by industry or WIC.
• This study retrospective surveillance of injuries related to the use of pneumatic nailers in Washington.

Since sparks can from the tool when it is in use, do not operate it near flammable materials such as gasoline, thinner, paint or adhesives.