Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14400295 - Employee crushed and killed by falling rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 14400295 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 09/27/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100264316	09/27/1985	1542	0	Henry C Beck Builders Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was dry packing a concrete column on the third level of an underground parking garage. A dump truck at ground level was dumping sand parallel to the excavation. When its bed neared full extension the truck tumbled into the hole, landing on steel rebar on the fourth level. The rebar fell through the decking and struck Employee #1, knocking him to the basement floor. He was found lying under the bundles of steel. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures and died as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: REBAR, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100264316			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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