Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126763754 - Lone Peak Masonry

Inspection Information - Office: Utah Division Of Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 126763754

Report ID: 0854910

Date Opened: 10/04/1996

Site Address:
Lone Peak Masonry
10970 South State Street
Sandy, UT 84111

Mailing Address:
13829 South Fork Drive, Draper, UT 84020

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1741

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/08/1996

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/08/1996

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361535313

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 171054562

Event: 10/03/1996

Employee injured when impaled on rebar after fall

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on January 3, 1996, Employee #1, a masonry worker Lone Peak Masonry, was working at the Sandy Auto Mall construction site. He was pulling a 20 ft long piece of rebar onto a scaffold when he fell 9 ft 6 in. off the scaffold. Employee #1 became impaled on a vertical 31 in. tall piece of #4 rebar that was cemented into a foundation and was capped. The rebar punctured his liver and gall bladder but did not sever any major blood vessels or damage any other organs or bones. He was released from the hospital after five days.

Keywords: REBAR, IMPALED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LIVER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PUNCTURE, SCAFFOLD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126763754			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Lathe and turning machine set-up operators

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