Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14298376 - Employee sustains puncture wound in fall onto rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 14298376 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 06/12/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18807503	06/25/1987	1771	0	George T. Harkins, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was walking on a 6 3/4 in. wide concrete wall, checking forms that had just been installed. He slipped, catching his tool belt on pieces of 5/8 in. #5 rebar mounted in the existing concrete floor and protruding 34 to 36 in. above it. The rebar passed under his tool belt and punctured the skin below the right side of his rib cage, creating a flesh wound 4 or 5 in. deep. The employee remained standing while a torch was used to cut the rebar from the concrete. He was taken to a hospital, with the section of rebar still between his right armpit and lower rib cage.

Keywords: CLOTHING, REBAR, WORK RULES, SLIP, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, TORSO, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18807503			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Carpenters

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