Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201330131 - Employee Impaled by Piece of Rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 201330131 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 11/02/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301004180	11/02/1998	1542	0	Louis P. Ciminelli Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was climbing down steel reinforcing bar mesh for a column that was to be poured at the end of a wall. One of the vertical rebar members that Employee #1 was holding onto gave way, causing Employee #1 to fall approximately 9 feet. He was impaled by a piece of rebar set in a concrete pad. The piece of rebar had been covered with an "old style" plastic mushroom cap, but the force of the impact caused the rebar to break through the top of the mushroom cap and impale Employee #1. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: WALL, REBAR, STEEL, IMPALED, COLUMN, FALL, CONCRETE

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	2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301004180			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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