Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200710820 - Employee killed when impaled on rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 200710820 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 09/20/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302656970	09/23/1999	1522	0	Coppell Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was under a work platform when the clamp holding the scaffold cable came loose. The scaffold platform fell, landing on top of him. The weight of the platform resulted in his becoming impaled on some protruding rebar. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: IMPALED, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY, SCAFFOLD RIGGING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000		10	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302656970			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Placing bridge girders and beams Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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