Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170718613 - Employee Pierced by Reinforcing Rods in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 170718613 -- Report ID: 0950651 -- Event Date: 06/08/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125727685	06/11/2001	1622	0	Ltm Construction Company Inc

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on June 8, 2001, Employee #1 was assisting a coworker in installing support braces for concrete form panels for a poured-concrete foundation wall for the Buena Vista Vent Structure. Employee #1 was using the top section of an extension ladder to climb from the inside of the formed enclosure after the final form panel was set. When Employee #1 reached the point on the ladder where he could see over the top of the forms, the ladder started to slip back. He tried to grasp the panel for stabilization but was unable to do so. The ladder slipped out from under him and Employee #1 fell 14 feet onto formed reinforcing steel. One piece of rebar pierced his left thigh approximately 4 inches deep, and another penetrated his rectum, 6 to 8 inches deep.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, EXTENSION LADDER, REBAR, LADDER, LADDER HOOKS, FALL, LOST BALANCE, LEG, PUNCTURE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125727685			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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