Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 908293 - Employee falls into trench and is impaled by rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 908293 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 10/02/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111023271	10/03/1990	1799	0	Systems Forming Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 tossed a chalk box down to another employee in a 14 ft deep excavation where they had been doing tie layout for concrete form work for a parking garage. The employee was walking toward the ladder to return to the excavation when he fell into the excavation, which had an unprotected rebar protruding 5 ft 10 in. from the excavation floor. The embankment from which the employee fell was not protected by guardrails or any type of barricade. Employee #1 was impaled by three pieces of #8 rebar--one in the leg, one in the groin, and one in the chest. No major arteries were hit.

Keywords: CHEST, CONCRETE FORM WORK, EXCAVATION, GUARDRAIL, IMPALED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, UNGUARDED, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111023271			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Carpenters

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