Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202526729 - One employee killed, one injured in fall with rebar column

Accident Summary Nr: 202526729 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 09/19/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125568816	09/19/2007	1791	238120	Harris Salinas Rebar

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m. on September 19, 2007, Employees #1 and #2, both iron workers with Harris Salinas Rebar, were erecting rebar columns at a construction site in Sunnyvale, CA. They had climbed an approximately 21 ft tall rebar column in an attempt to reset it when the column fell over, crushing one worker and injurying the other. The workers were transported to Stanford Medical Center, where Employee #1 was pronounced dead and Employee #2 was admitted for treatment.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, UNSECURED, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, COLUMN, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALL, BRACING, OVERTURN

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	5	60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125568816			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	125568816			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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