Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201172798 - Employee's leg pinned beneath rebar and steel

Accident Summary Nr: 201172798 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 01/07/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120145404	01/17/2003	1761	236220	Sacramento Rebar Inc.

Abstract: On January 7, 2003, Employee #1, a foreman with a rebar company requested that steel tubing be moved so he could get to a batch of rebar. Another employee moved a reach lift into position and using one fork and reached inside one end of a 30 ft section of steel tubing. Employee #1 had already walked to the area where the rebar was located. The lift operator started to lift the tube when it suddenly flipped and swung to the drivers left side striking Employee #1. Employee #1 fell to the ground with his right leg pinned between the steel tube and rebar. Employee #1 was hospitalized with fractures to his right leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REBAR, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STEEL ERECTION, STRUCK BY, LEG, POOR VISIBILITY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	5

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120145404			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Landscaping Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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