Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119784601 - Mc Carthy Bros Co

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Inspection Nr: 119784601

Report ID: 0950642

Date Opened: 07/29/1996

Site Address:
Mc Carthy Bros Co
5151 State University Dr
Los Angeles, CA 90032

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:1542

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/26/1996

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/16/1996

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362531410
Accident	362532046

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170633283

Event: 07/26/1996

Employee injured in fall with rebar column

Employee #1, a sixth period carpenter's apprentice, had been sent to find 2 by 4s to use as whalers on a wall. He was told to strip the 2 by 4 braces from column forms that had already been poured, but not from the forms that were holding unpoured rebar columns. Employee #1 was moving down a line of columns when he stripped the braces off two unpoured column cages. In order to undo the second brace, he had to climb the stirrups of the rebar cage. The column fell over, with Employee #1 on the underside. He suffered a broken pelvis.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REBAR, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, COLUMN, CONSTRUCTION, PELVIS, FALL, OVERTURN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119784601			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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