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Accident: 116590.015 - Employee Fractures Leg When Struck By Rebar
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1403907.015 | 05/28/2019 | Millcreek Construction Group, Inc. |
At 8:13 a.m. on May 7, 2019, Employee #1 and his foreman, employed by a construc tion company, were working at a commercial building project. The foreman was op erating 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, f ell to the ground, and struck Employee #1's left leg. Employee #1 was transport ed 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
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial building | New project or new addition | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1403907.015 | 26 | M | Hospitalized injury | Construction Laborer | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls FatCause: |