Rodan Builders, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jul 23, 2008: Employee is struck in eye with richochetted nail

At approximately 9:28 a.m. on July 23, 2008, Employee #1, a carpenter, was worki ng on a high school remodeling project. He was working with a coworker to jack u p an interior wood frame wall on the ground floor so that a supporting floor bea m could be installed below the wall. The coworker was standing about 2 to 3 ft a way, watching as Employee #1 set a 10 penny nail with a hand-held framing hammer and then placed a firm blow upon the nail. Upon impact, the nail ricocheted bac k out of the wood and toward the employee's face/head. The nail entered just abo ve his left eye and caused damage to the left eye. He sustained three laceration s to his left eye orb; two sealed themselves, one required sutures. Employee #1 was transported to Stanford Hospital, where he was hospitalized. The coworker st ated that the employee was not wearing safety glasses at the time of the acciden t and that the employee pulled the nail out himself. The employer was cited by: 3382(a) Eye and Face Protection. GENERAL At the location the employer failed to ensure that an employee was wearing safety glasses or other eye protection as a safeguard while working in a location where there was a risk of receiving eye in juries such as punctures, abrasions, contusions, or burns as a result of contact with flying particles, hazardous substances, and projections inherent in the wo rk assignment as required by Section 3382.