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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1292109.01502/02/2018238110Brandt 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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