Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202544276 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Rebar Cage

Accident Summary Nr: 202544276 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 06/18/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314862723	07/19/2012	1791	238190	Cmc Steel Fabricators Inc Dba Cmc Rebar

Abstract: At or about 9:30 a.m. on June 18, 2012, an iron worker was walking on top of a grade beam rebar cage to move rebar. The employee lost his balance. The employee tried prevent himself from falling, so he grab at one of the rebar but missed it. The employee fell from the grade beam into an adjacent excavation. The employee sustained a fracture of his right leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: BEAM, EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, REBAR, IRON WORKER, IRON, FALL, LOST BALANCE, LEG

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	314862723			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 4 feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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