Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102492.015 - Worker is impaled by exposed rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 102492.015 -- Report ID: 0352430 -- Event Date: 08/21/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1258319.015	08/22/2017		238110	Belfast Valley Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on August 21, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project for a parking garage. He was involved in reconfiguring components of a shoring system used to brace a newly poured floor. Employee #1 stepped down from a horizontal brace positioned 39 inches from the ground and sat on a piece of exposed Number 5 Rebar that was not covered by a protective cap. The piece of rebar was protruding 41 inches out of the floor. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for an impalement injury of his right buttock.

Keywords: Brace, Building, Buttocks, Construction, Impaled, Pouring, Rebar, Shoring, Unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				100

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1258319.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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