Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202541520 - PIECE OF CONCRETE FELL ON EMPLOYEE

Accident Summary Nr: 202541520 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/26/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300871076	05/28/2010	1542	236220	Pacific Coast Construction Services

Abstract: An accident occurred at 11:50 p.m. on May 26, 2010, at the construction site located at 3301 W. Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010. It involved Employee #1, a laborer doing demolition. Employee #1 was chipping at the concrete wall in the vault area with a rivet buster when part of the cinder block wall above the concrete hit him. He then fell and landed on a piece of uncapped re-bar and was impaled by it. The employer, Pacific Coast Construction Services, is located at 400 S. Westmoreland Ave., #206, Los Angeles, CA 90020. The victim was taken to County USC Hospital and remained hospitalized for six days. His injuries included a fracture to his right femur and an impalement wound on his left flank. California OSHA has determined that the accident was caused by improper demolition practices and failure to cap rebar.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IMPALED, FALLING OBJECT, CONCRETE, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300871076			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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