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Accident Summary Nr: 200880193 - Employee's arm impaled in fall onto steel rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 200880193 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 01/13/1998
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
10769767407/15/199817410B.S. Mccarey Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was helping to erect a single-pole scaffold next to a recently poured concrete wall. The scaffold was being built above vertical reinforcing steel that had not been guarded to prevent impalement. A plank of the partially built scaffold slipped or rolled, and Employee #1 fell onto the vertical rebar, impaling his right arm. He sustained puncture injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: IMPALED, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, WALKING ON PLANK, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ARM, WORK SURFACE, PUNCTURE, SCAFFOLD
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Other building New project or new addition $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 3

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 107697674 Hospitalized injury Puncture Occupation not reported Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet
Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls
Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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