OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999565
ADOLFSON AND PETERSON, INC.
BLOOMINGTON, MN·
Event description
FELL ONTO UNGUARDED REBAR; IMPALED
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 23, 1987, AT ABOUT 2 PM, THE EMPLOYEE, AN EXPERIENCED CARPENTER, WAS HE LPING HIS FOREMAN LAY OUT FOOTING LINES. THE FOREMAN WAS USING A TRANSIT AND TRI POD WHILE STANDING ON A LOWER WALL FOOTING. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TO MEASURE AND MARK AN OFFSET LINE LOCATION AT THE FOOT OF A SUPPORT COLUMN ON THE FIRST FLOOR, ABO UT 8 FEET HIGHER THAN ANOTHER FOOTING DIRECTLY BELOW IT. THE EMPLOYEE TRIPPED OR SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO AN UNPROTECTED VERTICAL PIECE OF 1/2 INCH REBAR REINFORCI NG. HE INCURRED A SERIOUS PUNCTURE WOUND. THE REBAR ENTERED NEAR THE CENTER OF H IS CHEST AND PENETRATED INTO HIS LEFT SHOULDER. IT WAS THE SECOND SUCH MEASUREME NT THE EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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