Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201183530 - Employee Is Struck by Rebar, Sustains Fracture and Puncture

Accident Summary Nr: 201183530 -- Report ID: 0950611 -- Event Date: 03/12/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125490516	03/17/2007	1791	238120	Galletti & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: On March 12, 2007, a bundle of Number 4 rebar (152 sticks, 30-ft long, 0.5-in. core and 0.125-in. rib, bundle weight 3046pounds) was being landed on a fluked deck by a crane. The load was draped low at the ends and had one bent projecting rebar. The foreman and Employee #1 were receiving the load. As the bent projecting rebar hit the deck at the foreman's end, it shot the rod out the other end of the bundle. The inner side of Employee #1's right foot was positioned at the end of the bundle and sustained a rod puncture through his boot leaving a plug of leather boot and a plug of two layers of socks embedded in his fractured foot. Employee #1 was wearing regular work boots. Employee #1 sustained a broken toe and a puncture wound and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REBAR, PPE, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, TOE, FLYING OBJECT, FOOT, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125490516			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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