Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201797248 - Employee is injured when struck by falling rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 201797248 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 08/22/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301330387	08/22/2003	1741	238140	Design Masonry

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on August 22, 2003, Employee #1, a construction laborer, was rigging a bundle of 8-ft-long rebar at ground level. When a coworker lifted another bundle of rebar from a scaffold platform approximately 20-ft high, one rebar slipped out of his hands and fell, striking Employee #1 in the shoulder. He was hospitalized at Cedar Sinai Hospital.

Keywords: RIGGING, SHOULDER, REBAR, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301330387			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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