Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202474417 - Employee injured when leg impaled in fall onto rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 202474417 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 09/05/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307186247	10/03/2007	1741	238140	F.W.Hoffmeister Masonry & Concrete

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on September 5, 2007, Employee #1, a mason with F.W. Hoffmeister Masonry & Concrete, Inc., was working on a 4 ft by 2 ft by 18 ft brick column at a construction site in Covina, CA. He was situated on the first level of a two-story metal scaffold when the plank on which he was standing suddenly shifted. He free fell 8 ft to the ground, impaling his upper right thigh on some vertical rebar in front of the scaffold. He suffered a punture wound on his right leg and was transported to USC Medical Center, where he was hospitalized for three nights. Employee #1 was not using any form of fall protection, nor was the rebar capped with protective covers.

Keywords: COVER, IMPALED, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, THIGH, PLANK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307186247			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 18 feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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