Accident Report Detail

Accident: 14502694 - Fall Onto Vertically Protruding Reinforcing Steel

**Accident: 14502694 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 08/09/1984**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1478858	08/09/1984	1521	Morris L Stauffer Const Co

EMPLOYEES WERE ON THE ROOF OF A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NAILING RAFTERS WHEN HE APPARENTLY FELL ONTO THE RAFTER HE WAS NAILING . EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING APPROXIMATELY 7 1/2 FEET ABOVE 1/2-INCH DIAMETER REINFORCING STEEL, PROTRUDING VERTICALLY APPROXIMATELY 22 INCHES ABOVE THE CONCRETE FORMS. THE PARTIALLY NAILED RAFTER CAME LOOSE FROM THE ROOF. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE GROUND LEVEL AND WAS IMPALED BY A STEEL REINFORCING ROD, WHICH ENTERED HIS NECK AND CHEST. HIS HEAD ALSO STRUCK THE CONCRETE FORM. THE TOTAL FALL TO GROUND LEVEL WAS APPROXIMATELY 11 FEET.

Keywords: chest, head, impaled, rafter, fall, neck

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1478858			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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