Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202312542 - Employee jumps from scaffold and impales himself on rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 202312542 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 05/25/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119637155	06/15/2000	1742	0	San Marino Plastering

Abstract: On the morning of May 5, 2000, Employee #1 was on the first level of a scaffold cleaning plaster overspray from the windows. He climbed down from the scaffold and jumped to the ground landing on a piece of rebar that was sticking up. The scaffold had railings but he swung from one instead of climbing down the ladder. It is unknown whether the rebar was capped. The rebar impaled him in the abdomen and he screamed for help from his coworker who had to raise him up high enough to get off of the tip. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, REBAR, IMPALED, STRUCK AGAINST, PUNCTURE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	25

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119637155			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Plasterers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 5 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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