Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107697674	07/15/1998	1741	0	B.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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