Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Name: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at JRock Construction
Start: 1/12/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022010313 · 1/12/2022 · JRock Construction

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Injury by other person-unintentional or intent unknown, n.e.c.
Source: Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
Secondary source: Bars, rods, reinforcing bar (rebar)

Employer

Name: JRock Construction
Location: LDS Temple Site Guam, YIGO, GUAM, 96929
NAICS: 238110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

The injured employee was pounding rebars into the ground for a concrete form. Another employee bumped into the injured employee causing them to fall forward onto rebar. The rebar impaled the injured employee on the side of his neck.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown