Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170899975 - Two Employees Injured When Rebar Cage Overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 170899975 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 09/16/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126093434	09/17/1996	1629	0	Tutor-Saliba Corp

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 p.m. on September 16, 1996, Employees #1 and #2 were working on a 30 ft high reinforcing steel (rebar) cage and a 2 ft square steel form for a concrete column that was to be poured at a later time. Employee #2 expressed concern to the foreman that the bracing struts for the system were inadequate, but the foreman directed work to continue while he inquired about additional struts. Employee #1 removed a brace from the rebar cage to allow a crane to position the steel form. Employee #2 then wired together the tops of the cage and the form. When the crane released the steel form, both it and the rebar cage toppled over. Employee #1 became caught and suffered multiple fractures of his right femur. Employee #2 fell, fracturing several vertebrae and sustaining a laceration to this right arm that required 34 stitches to close and a laceration to his left elbow that required 7 stitches to close.

Keywords: concrete form work, fracture, unsecured, work rules, construction, laceration, fall, arm, bracing, vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	4	50

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126093434			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder
2	126093434			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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