OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14200158
POURING,REBAR,IMPALED,CEMENTING,CONCRETE BUCKET,STRUCK BY
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S BUTTOCKS AND RECTUM IMPALED BY REBAR
Investigation abstract
A foreman, and Employee #1, a laborer, were working with a two yard capacity con ucket when the bucket came down on Employee #1 causing him to be impaled on the vertically positioned rebar. The rebar extends 38 inches above the floor decking . One piece of rebar went into Employee #2's rectum and another piece into his b uttocks. Employee #1 had been working for the company approximately four months and had received training on the job. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injur ies. crete bucket. The foreman was assisting Employee #1 in stabilizing the bucket. A truck crane located on the east side of the building was being used for pouring of the fifth floor level decking; it was used to raise and lower the bucket. Th ere are four pours per floor. One pour would take approximately eight to ten hou rs. An employee from another concrete company was on the fifth floor deck giving hand signals to the crane operator. This employee had been doing this particula r task of hand signaling for approximately four years. Employee #1 and the forem an were starting the second pour. Employee #1 and the foreman were guiding the b
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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