Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 107073.015 - Employee falls from ladder and is impaled by rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 107073.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 05/04/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1314409.015	05/04/2018		238110	California Structural Concepts Inc

Abstract: At 9:15 a.m. on May 4, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a new two-story multifamily residential structure, a multiemployer construction project. He was engaged in concrete forming work. Employee #1 climbed an extension ladder to secure a 2 by 4 panel with a hammer. The ladder was not properly secured and slid out from underneath Employee #1. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 13 feet, and upon reaching the ground was impaled on an uncapped rebar. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for the impalement injury.

Keywords: Concrete Form Work, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall Protection, Form work, Impaled, Puncture, Rebar, Residential Construction, Struck Against, Unguarded, Unsecured

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1314409.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 13 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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