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Accident: 133719.015 - Employee Slips/Falls And Is Impaled On Rebar
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1512780.015 | 02/02/2021 | Southern Concrete Structures |
At 9:45 p.m. on February 2, 2021, Employee #1 was engaged in concrete forming wo rk for a residence. He was toting steel foundation panels (forms) to erect pour ed 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
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | 5 | |||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1512780.015 | 38 | M | Hospitalized injury | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Forming FatCause: |