Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110137.015 - Three employees are injured in collapse of rebar columns

Accident Summary Nr: 110137.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 10/17/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1353829.015	10/17/2018		236220	Queens Land Builder Inc.

Abstract: 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 between two reinforcing steel support columns (rebar columns) that were connected by horizontal rebar when the columns collapsed. The three employees were pinned against the concrete floor. Emergency services transported the employees to the hospital. Employee #1 was admitted and treated for multiple rib fractures, the result of crushing injuries to his chest. Employee #2 was treated for crushing injuries to his legs and released the same day. Employee #3 was treated for a fractured 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		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			3

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1353829.015	23	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause:
2	1353829.015	30	M	Non Hospitalized injury	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause:
3	1353829.015	47	M	Hospitalized injury	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause:

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