Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116590.015 - Employee fractures leg when struck by rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 116590.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 05/07/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1403907.015	05/28/2019		236220	Millcreek Construction Group, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:13 a.m. on May 7, 2019, Employee #1 and his foreman, employed by a construction company, were working at a commercial building project. The foreman was operating a Bobcat forklift to lift a 1-ton bundle of rebar. The foreman set the bundle of rebar down to reposition the load. The rebar slipped off the forks, fell to the ground, and struck Employee #1's left leg. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of a fractured leg.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Construction, Falling Object, Forklift, Fracture, Leg, Load Shift, Rebar, Slip, Struck By, Unstable Load

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	1403907.015	26	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause:

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