Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202542775 - Employee Is Impaled on Buttocks by Uncapped Rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 202542775 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 01/14/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314858622	01/20/2011	1522	236116	Taltech Construction Inc Dba Tci

Abstract: On January 14, 2011, Employee #1, a day laborer, was cleaning debris from a stairway at the front of a building under construction. Included among the debris surrounding the stairway were concrete blocks reinforced with uncapped rebar. This rebar protruded 2 inches from the tops of the concrete blocks. Employee #1 tripped on the stairway and fell backwards on to the rebar. The rebar impaled Employee #1 on the buttocks. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to UCLA Hospital and he was treated and released the same day.

Keywords: REBAR, IMPALED, BUTTOCKS, SLIP, TRIPPED, FALL

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	4	45

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314858622			Non Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 2 feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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