Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201341906 - Employee Died When Fell onto an Impalement Hazard

Accident Summary Nr: 201341906 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 04/24/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303795967	05/03/2001	1771	0	Jag Construction
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303797724	05/03/2001	1522	0	J&J Construction Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303797732	05/03/2001	1522	0	Abbott Construction

Abstract: At approximately 4:20 p.m. on April 23, 2001, Employee #1 died when he fell into a basement excavation on the driver-side rear area of the truck and was impaled on a protruding rebar. The rebar measured approximately 1.5 to 2 feet in length. Employee #1 was delivering ready-mix concrete to a job site. Employee #1 had backed the truck/mixer up to an incline slope (sloping up higher on the left rear passenger side of the vehicle) approximately three feet behind and to the rear driver side of the vehicle to the edge of the basement excavation. Once the wall forms were poured, Employee #1 got out of his truck to assist in topping off the wall forms by racking concrete down the truck chute. Due to the slope of the ground and the chute pinning mechanism on the truck, the chute could not be locked in place in such a manner as to mechanically maintain position of the chute. Another coworker working on another truck on the northwest corner of the construction site went over to the truck to try to help Employee #1. The second employee went back to the truck he was working on. Therefore, the subcontractor had to maintain control of the chute to get the ready-mix concrete to the desired location (common practice in the industry) as Employee #1 racked the concrete down the chute. The subcontractor apparently lost control of the chute. Employee #1 fell into the excavation on the driver-side rear area of the truck and died when he was impaled on the rebar.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, EXCAVATION, REBAR, IMPALED, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303795967	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Pouring concrete foundations and walls Fatality Cause: Fall, other
2	303797724			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	303797732			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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