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Nail gun injuries!
Muzzle safeties are missing,
bypassed or just don’t work
Workers mis-handle nail guns
Injuries are often very severe
State fund pays out an average
of about $700,000 per year for
nail gun injuries

Not wearing eye protection while using a nail gun
The eyes are at risk from ricocheted nails
Also from the plastic that held the nails together in the
pack.

Body parts in line with nail
gun discharge
Both of these situations
led to injuries when the
nails “fish-hooked”
Class VII powered industrial trucks
operated by untrained workers.
Rough-terrain forklifts tip over when
the center of gravity gets outside the
wheel base. The driver:
1. made a turn with the load too high
2. didn’t read/understand the load chart
3. tried to “frame level” with the load
raised
Operators have been severely injured in this type of
mishap, but those helping handle the materials are often
killed or are severely injured.

Unguarded floor opening.
• Stairwells, elevator shafts, etc need to be guarded. For
equipment, there should be curbs or bumpers.


Outriggers are set on unstable surfaces.

Crane operators aren’t familiar with the equipment’s
limitations for lifting or extending.
Wood is kicked back by an
unguarded saw.

The hole in that piece of ¾”
MDF was made by a piece of
2X4 that was thrown by a saw
blade.
More blade exposed than needed.
The amount of blade exposed below the material can
make the difference between a nasty cut and an
amputation.
Guard pinned back.
The excuses for this are all very familiar; however, the
fact is that eventually someone gets cut – either by
coming in contact with the still-spinning blade, or the
blade touching the decking and “walking” along it.

Worn or dull saw blades jam, throw material, or require
excessive force.

Falls on unprotected rebar or stakes cause “impalement”
injuries.

Boards with nails sticking through!
Most work boots will stop these, but not all workers wear
appropriate footwear.
And falling on one of these? Nasty!

Saws, grinders, etc throw off particles that scratch or cut
eyes.
Weak components in
concrete pumping systems
cause blow-outs.

Hoppers on concrete pumpers “burp” concrete
backwards.

Poorly stacked materials topple over when disturbed.

Improperly secured trusses can’t support weight.

Flaggers and other workers get backed over by dump
trucks.
Only a little ways into the work day, they no longer hear
the back-up alarms.
The drivers have a
very limited field of
vision backing up.
Poor to no traffic control.



Improperly dressed flaggers aren’t as visible to drivers.
You see, the purpose of camouflage is to make the person
less visible. When they’re standing out in traffic, that’s
not what you want them to be.

Working under equipment without a hard hat.

Not wearing hearing protection while operating loud
equipment/machinery.
If you can’t carry on a
conversation at normal
speaking volumes, the
noise is too much (85
decibels or more)
During the years 2001 through 2005, the average cost of a hearing loss
claim in Framing Carpentry was $9,167


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