Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171058340 - Employee's leg fractured when rebar cart tips over

Accident Summary Nr: 171058340 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 11/03/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301164018	11/04/1999	1542	0	J D Steel & Legacy Construction

Abstract: At approximately 2:40 p.m. on November 3, 1999, Employee #1, a 19-year-old iron worker and rod buster for JD Steel, and a coworker were at the construction site in Salt Lake City, UT. They had just loaded approximately 300 lb of rebar onto the tray portion of a bottle cart and secured it with #9 wire. The coworker went to an upper level to receive the load and begin work. Employee #1 was moving the cart by himself to position it for a crane lift when it tipped over, resulting in a compound fracture of his lower right leg. The cart was not properly loaded, nor was the load adequately secured.

Keywords: UNSECURED, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, CART, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE LOAD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4	100

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301164018			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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