Accident Report Detail

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

Accident Summary Nr: 638262 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 07/31/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301003158	08/03/1998	1542	0	Mike 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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