Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130726.015 - Employee incurs puncture wounds when impaled by rebar after

Accident Summary Nr: 130726.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/22/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1499808.015	10/28/2020		236220	Walsh Construction Company

Abstract: At 6:40 p.m. on October 22, 2020, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a structural steel and precast concrete contractor. He was at a construction site. His employer was placing bridge girders and beams for either a new structure or an addition to an existing structure. The steel contractor was one contractor at a project being overseen by a firm that constructed commercial and institutional buildings. The employee was climbing through rebar to reach the top of a pier stem. He couldn't control his body weight and fell on top of rebar with no caps. The employee suffered puncture wounds in his buttocks about 2 to 3 in. (50 to 75 mm) deep. The employee was hospitalized. There were two inspection numbers associated with this investigation. The inspection number for the steel contractor was 1509159. The inspection number for the construction firm was 1499808.

Keywords: Beam, Bridge, Buttocks, Concrete, Construction, Fall, Girder, Highway, Impaled, Laborer, Poor Visibility, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Rebar, Rebar Cap, Road, Safety Device, Steel, Steel Beam

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
		New project or new addition

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1499808.015	33	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause:

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