OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #765784

CONCRETE FORM WORK,LUNG,REBAR,IMPALED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UNGUARDED

1987-09-28T00:00:00

Event: CONCRETE FORM WORK,LUNG,REBAR,IMPALED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 765784
Report ID: 931400

Event description

Employee injured in fall onto unprotected rebar

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was marking out locations on a concrete form work wall. He was worki ng above a floor that had unprotected reinforcing steel rods, and fell onto one of the reinforcing rods, impaling himself through the rectum area and into the l ung cavity. He was hospitalized.

Victims (2)

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Nature of injury
18

Part of body
4

Event type
6

Source
5

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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