Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 102708.015 - Employee is cutting wire when eye is punctured

Accident Summary Nr: 102708.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/19/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1292109.015	02/02/2018		238110	Brandt Construction Company

Abstract: At 12:10 p.m. on December 19, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project for a commercial building. He was wearing safety glasses and cutting heavy nine-gauge wire from a bundle of rebar. A piece of the wire flew out and punctured his eye under his safety glasses. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for the eye injury.

Keywords: Construction, Dismantling, Eye, Falling Object, PPE, Puncture, Rebar, Struck By, Wire Rope

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			0	0

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1292109.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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