Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126745.015 - Employee is impaled in same-level fall onto steel rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 126745.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 11/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1469840.015	03/16/2020		541320	Pacific Pavingstone Inc

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on November 14, 2019, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a landscaping architectural service. He was moving a wheelbarrow full of dirt. He lost his balance and fell onto a steel rebar. The rebar was capped with a cap that was not approved, designed, or intended for protection from impalement. The cap broke. Employee was punctured and impaled in his groin. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Construction, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Groin, Impaled, Inadequate Maint, Laborer, Landscaper, Landscaping, Lost Balance, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Rebar, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1469840.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers

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