Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201561032 - Employee is killed when rebar mat collapsed

Accident Summary Nr: 201561032 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 03/01/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306612003	03/02/2004	1791	238190	Preferred Builders Inc

Abstract: On March 1, 2004, Employees #1, #2, #3 and #4 were erecting the inside face of rebar for a wall. The outside face had not been started. The rebar was in a type D configuration. The wall ran horizontally east-west. The employees were standing on rebar approximately 15 ft above the ground, and tying in a piece of rebar at approximately 20 ft. above the ground. They had installed six 2-in. by 4-in. vertical braces on the wall, and one 2-in. by 4-in. diagonal brace perpendicular to the wall face, at the east end of the wall. As the employees were finishing tying in the horizontal piece of rebar, the weight of the wall and the employees caused the wall to start to fall over, starting from the west end of the wall. As the wall was falling, the diagonal brace snapped, the wall fell over. Employees #2, #3 and #4 landed in-between equipment and materials and had only minor injuries. Employee #1 landed on wood building materials, receiving fatal injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REBAR, COLLAPSE, STRUCK AGAINST, MALATHION, WORK SURFACE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306612003			Fatality	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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