Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133719.015 - Employee slips/falls and is impaled on rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 133719.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 02/02/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1512780.015	02/02/2021		238110	Southern Concrete Structures

Abstract: At 9:45 p.m. on February 2, 2021, Employee #1 was engaged in concrete forming work for a residence. He was toting steel foundation panels (forms) to erect poured foundation wall forms. The employee was using a VERT wall made of rebar as a ladder to exit the excavation when he slipped on the horizontal rebar and fell on an uncapped 12-inch vertical piece of rebar. The vertical rebar impaled the employee's right leg and buttocks. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of the impalement.

Keywords: Buttocks, Climbing on Ladder, Concrete Form Work, Erection Process, Excavation, Impaled, Ladder, Leg, Rebar, Residential Construction, Struck Against, Unguarded, Unprotected

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition				5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1512780.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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