Pneumatic Nailer Safety

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Pneumatic Nailer Safety
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WARNING

• This Presentation Shows Some Graphic Pictures Of
  Injuries Caused By Pneumatic Nailers

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Statistics
Injury Claims are on the rise due to an increase
use of Nail Guns.
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The Most-Common Injuries

• 43 of Injuries Involve the fingers and hand.
• 23.3 Involve the foot, thigh, wrist, and knee

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Statistics

• Construction workers are the victims of almost
  70 of all nail gun accidents.
• Carpenters 54.3
• Construction Laborers 9.9
• Non-Construction Laborers 5.6
• Construction Supervisors 3.3

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Accidents

• Accident investigations show that in most nail
  gun accidents the safety spring is not in place.
• This allows the gun to discharge automatically
  when the trigger is depressed
• Depressing the nose guard is like cocking a gun.
  Pulling the trigger with the gun "cocked" will
  fire it.

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Safety Catch
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Reducing Accidents

• Do not attempt to use a nail gun unless you have
  been trained or instructed.
• Read printed instructions and remember what you
  read.
• Wear safety glasses and hearing protection.
• Do not point the tool towards yourself or others
• When leaving the tool unattended, turn off the
  air supply and disconnect the air hose.
• Do not use the nailer in a congested area.

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Reducing Accidents

• Do not use a nailer that is defective or modified
• Maintain a safe, well-balanced position
• Always be aware of the possible danger to
  yourself and others.
• Do not use any nail that is not of a type suited
  to the nailer and the specific application.
• Keep your finger off the trigger

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OSHA Rule

• If a worker must move beyond 25 feet of the
  pressurized tool or the tool is within 25 feet
  but outside of the worker's control and line of
  sight, the guidelines say that the tool should be
  disconnected from the air supply.

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Stories

• Carpenter steps off of a first-floor deck hitting
  his knee with his nailer and driving a fastener
  into his leg.

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Stories

• The framer who came down a ladder with his finger
  on the trigger and hit another worker on the way
  down driving a fastener into his friend's head.

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Stories

• The guy who was nailing a wall together and
  missed the plate and shot a nail into the chest
  of another framer.

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Stories

• Two workers were nailing 2 by 4s to a ceiling.
  Worker 1 bent over to pick up a 2 by 4 and when
  he straightened up, he came into contact with his
  coworker's nailer. A nail entered worker 1's
  head.

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Stories
Roofer falls off roof lands on worker that is
using a Nail Gun and gets shot 6 times in the
head and neck. He somehow survived.

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Wishes He Tied Off
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Stories

• Worker unintentionally hit his left leg with the
  nail gun.
• The worker called to the foreman and told him
  what had happened.
• The foreman tried to remove the nail from the
  victim's leg using the claw hammer.

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Stories

• The foreman could not extract the nail with the
  hammer, so he decided to go to the floor below
  and borrow a pair of pliers.
• When the foreman returned he noticed the victim
  still kneeling but slumping over toward the open
  end of the building.
• Before the foreman could reach him, the victim
  fell head first out of the opening onto a
  sand-covered asphalt road

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Be Careful

• Pneumatic nailers are one of the most dangerous
  tools in construction.
• Always be alert when using a nailer
• Make sure to talk to workers about the importance
  on Pneumatic Nailer Safety.

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The End