Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 302478094 - Two Employees Injured In Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 302478094 -- Report ID: 0352460 -- Event Date: 09/14/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302478094	09/14/1999	1771	0	Chesapeake Geosystems, Inc.

Abstract: The employees of this company were in the process of setting a prefabricated reinforced steel cage that measured 24 ft 5 in. high into a caisson hole that had been drilled early in the morning. They tried to set the cage into the hole and they found out that the cage had a design problem and would not fit into the hole or align to the holes for the bolts on the template. The company foreman and the site project manager decided to have Employees #1 and #2 put on safety harness and climb to the top of the cage while it was supported on the ground by the crane with a set of choker cable slings. Employees #1 and #2 then started to cut away the smaller stirrup straps that held the main reinforced steel rods to the cage. The slings slipped off of the main steel rods. The whole cage fell to the ground with both employees still hooked to the cage. Employees #1 and #2 were injured and were hospitalized.

Keywords: SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, ABRASION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SLING, CONTUSION, CRANE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302478094			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers
2	302478094			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers

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