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Accident: 200775385 - Employee Is Impaled By Rebar

**Accident: 200775385 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 08/04/2008**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
312331457	08/04/2008	1771	Concrete Unlimited

On August 4, 2008, an unspecified number of employees were bending reinforcing steel for future concrete placement. As the employees were bending rebar with a pipe, Employee #1 slipped on the edge of the wall he was standing on and was impaled by rebar located behind him. Employee #1 was hospitalized. It was determined that Employee #1 was not protected from impalement hazards, and the protruding rebar that he fell on was not guarded.

Keywords: rebar, impaled, guard, slip, construction, unguarded

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	312331457			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt:2 Cause: Pouring concrete floor at grade FatCause: Fall, other

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