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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884486

CONCRETE FORM WORK,ABDOMEN,REBAR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,PUNCTURE

Event
CONCRETE FORM WORK,ABDOMEN,REBAR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,PUNCTURE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
884486
Report ID
953220

Event description

Employee's abdomen punctured in fall onto rebar

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was pinning two forms together on top of a concrete gang form on the first floor of a building. Employee #1 hooked his safety belt lanyard to the an gle iron that bordered the form. At some point he allowed slack in the lanyard, which caused the hook to release. Employee #1 fell 15 ft onto an unprotected pro truding 1 5/8 in. rebar. He sustained a puncture wound to the lower right abdomi nal region.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 54 M

    Nature of injury
    18
    Part of body
    1
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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