Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170204374 - Employee's knee lacerated when struck by falling rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 170204374 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 12/23/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119616076	12/29/1994	1791	0	Tri-City Reinforcing Steel

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 23, 1994, a foreman was lowering 15 ft sections of size 10 rebar to Employee #1, who was inside the form work of the new Rankin pump station, approximately 15 ft beneath the rebar sections. The foreman lowering the rebar used plastic rope to tie a double half hitch 2 ft from the end of the rebar. He did not warn Employee #1 to move. The knot came undone and the rebar section fell approximately 15 ft, striking Employee #1 in the right knee and lacerating an artery. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: KNEE, REBAR, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, ARTERY, FALLING OBJECT, COMMUNICATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119616076			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Carpenters

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