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Accident: 102708.015 - Employee Is Cutting Wire When Eye Is Punctured

Accident: 102708.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/19/2017
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1292109.01502/02/2018Brandt Construction Company
At 12:10 p.m. on December 19, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction comp any, was working at a multiemployer construction project for a commercial buildi ng. He was wearing safety glasses and cutting heavy nine-gauge wire from a bund le of rebar. A piece of the wire flew out and punctured his eye under his safet y glasses. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to t he hospital. He was admitted and treated for the eye injury.
Keywords: construction, dismantling, eye, falling object, ppe, puncture, rebar, struck by, wire rope
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Commercial building New project or new addition   0 0
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1292109.015 30 M Hospitalized injury Construction laborers FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite
FatCause:

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