Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117783.015 - Employee is injured in fall onto rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 117783.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/01/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1413981.015	07/09/2019		237310	Rp Constructors Llc

Abstract: At 3:46 p.m. on July 1, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a bridge and road construction company, was prepping bridge beams for surveying. As the employee attempted to move from the end of the bridge beam, he squatted down on the beam and placed a foot on an angled support beam. The employee's foot slipped, and he fell approximately 1 foot onto vertical rebar that had not been capped. The employee's upper inner thigh was punctured, and his bladder was punched. The employee required hospitalization and treatment for injuries sustained.

Keywords: Beam, Bladder, Bridge, Construction, Contact, Cover, Fall, Fall Protection, Impaled, Maintenance, Puncture Wound, Rebar, Repair, Slip, Struck Against, Surveyor, Thigh, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Other				1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1413981.015	19	F	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause:

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