OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #884486
CONCRETE FORM WORK,ABDOMEN,REBAR,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,PUNCTURE
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
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#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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