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Accident Summary Nr: 638262 - Employee injured in fall onto rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 638262 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 07/31/1998
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30100315808/03/199815420Mike Battaglia Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was laying concrete blocks from a scaffold platform when the platform planks became dislodged and fell. Employee #1 fell onto an unguarded and unprotected metal reinforcing rod 11 ft below the platform. The reinforcing rod pierced his scrotum from underneath, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: REBAR, IMPALED, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, UNGUARDED, PUNCTURE, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Commercial building New project or new addition $5,000,000 to $20,000,000

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 301003158 Hospitalized injury Puncture Brickmasons and stonemasons Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet
Cause: Exterior masonry
Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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