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Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries

1 hospitalization · 2025044029 · 4/30/2025 · BYU-Idaho

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Head and trunk
Nature of injury
Injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries

Cause

Event
Collapse, engulfment n.e.c.
Source
Rods, reinforcing bar (rebar) metal
Secondary source
Engineering controls n.e.c.

Employer

Name
BYU-Idaho
Location
525 S Center St, REXBURG, IDAHO, 83460
NAICS
611310
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A student employee was moving a shipment of steel bar stock (approximately 3/4 by 3 by 10-12 ) in the stock room by himself. Shortly thereafter, another employee and two students heard a loud noise. They discovered the employee unconscious underneath a pile of bar stock weighing approximately 916 pounds. The student employee sustained skull fractures, brain swelling, a collapsed lung, and a spinal cord injury.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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