Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202506788 - Employee Fractures Leg in Fall When Column Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 202506788 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 10/07/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311071013	10/09/2008	1791	238120	Cmc Steel Fabricators, Inc. Dba Cmc Regional Steel

Abstract: At approximately 12:09 p.m. on October 7, 2008, an employee and a coworker were working setting columns and securing them. The employee had climbed the column with fall protection and was disconnecting the rigging and the column fell over. The rebar column was not properly secured in the ground with braces, stakes and nails. The employee released the rigging at the top and the rebar column fell. The employee rode the column down to the ground when it collapsed and suffered a broken right lower leg. The employee was hospitalized and treated for a fractured leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REBAR, COLLAPSE, COLUMN, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	5	68

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311071013			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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