Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202542718 - Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Rebar

Accident Summary Nr: 202542718 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/30/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126203744	12/30/2010	1542	236220	Rebar Engineering Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126203769	12/30/2010	1771	238110	Webcor Construction Lp

Abstract: Two employees of a contractor specializing in rebar construction were threading a 13.4-meter-long rebar into a wall on the roof deck of a new cast-in-place concrete three-story medical office building. An overhead power line ran adjacent to the building. When the workers extended the rebar beyond the railing at the roof deck edge, the rebar contacted the 16-kilovolt power line. The employees dropped the rebar onto the deck reinforcing, energizing it. The two workers received electric shocks and suffered first- and second-degree burns. The injured workers were treated at an emergency room, which was located across the street from the worksite, and released after 24 hours.

Keywords: METAL BAR, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, REBAR, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK, BURN, ROOF

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	3	43

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126203744			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire
2	126203769			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Electrocution by equipment contacting wire

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