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Accident: 110137.015 - Three Employees Are Injured In Collapse Of Rebar Columns

Accident: 110137.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/17/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1353829.01510/17/2018Queens Land Builder Inc.

At 9:00 a.m. on October 17, 2018, Employees #1, #2, and #3, laborers employed by a construction company, were working on the first above-ground level of a three -story mixed-use building that was being constructed. They were climbing betwee n two reinforcing steel support columns (rebar columns) that were connected by h orizontal rebar when the columns collapsed. The three employees were pinned aga inst the concrete floor. Emergency services transported the employees to the ho spital. Employee #1 was admitted and treated for multiple rib fractures, the re sult of crushing injuries to his chest. Employee #2 was treated for crushing in juries to his legs and released the same day. Employee #3 was treated for a fra ctured right ankle and released the same day.

Keywords: ankle, chest, climbing, climbing on column, column, concrete, construction, crushed, crushing, fracture, leg, pinned, rebar, rib, structural collapse, support posts
Accident Details
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Commercial building New project or new addition   3

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1353829.015 30 M Non Hospitalized injury Helpers, construction trades FallDist: 6
FallHt:6
Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel
FatCause:
2 1353829.015 23 M Non Hospitalized injury Helpers, construction trades FallDist: 6
FallHt:6
Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel
FatCause:
3 1353829.015 47 M Hospitalized injury Helpers, construction trades FallDist: 6
FallHt:6
Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel
FatCause:

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