Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201124922 - Employee Is Impaled on Rebar after Slipping

Accident Summary Nr: 201124922 -- Report ID: 0950613 -- Event Date: 04/02/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300840980	04/07/2004	1521	236117	A & W Cement

Abstract: At 8:10 a.m. on April 2, 2004, Employee #1 was working in an area where rebar did not have protective caps. As he moved through the rebar, he slipped and fell right onto one of them. That rebar impaled him in the stomach, and he was hospitalized with this serious injury.

Keywords: REBAR, IMPALED, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, STOMACH, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300840980			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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