Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201058591 - Employee Falls Upon a Vertical Metal Stake

Accident Summary Nr: 201058591 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 05/11/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307161281	05/14/2004	1791	238120	Franklin Reinforcing Steel Co Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on May 11, 2004, Employee #1, a foreman, was surveying a construction site of a high school educational facility. While walking down the edge of a dirt embankment, his footing gave way, displacing 20 in. by 16 in. of earth and falling into a 2.67 ft high pit. He fell, landing upon a vertical metal stake and sustaining impalement injuries to the rectal area. The steel stake was a rebar tube with SuproTek Model Number PC-110. It was 18 in. long by 1.5 in. wide by 0.5 in. depth. There were no bar guards, protective covers, troughs, or caps on the protruding reinforcing steel. He was transported to a hospital where he received surgery and postoperative care. At the medical center, he was hospitalized for approximately seven days and later discharged.

Keywords: EMBANKMENT, SURVEYOR, METAL BAR, IMPALED, FALL, LOST BALANCE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	24

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307161281			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause: Other

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