OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14204812
S & B JAMES CONSTRUCTION CO
SPRINGFIELD, OR·
Event description
TWO EMPLOYEES PINNED UNDER REBAR WALL
Investigation abstract
On the morning of July 30, 1987, Employee #1 was standing on a concrete form, cl eaning it from the top to the bottom. Employee #2 arrived to the job site at app roximately 10:15 a.m. and proceeded to a rebar wall/curtain splice. He climbed 3 to 4 feet up the rebar. As Employee # 2 was climbing up the rebar he felt that it moved, so he jumped down. The rebar started falling in a wave type motion, br oke the bottom ties, and fell to the ground, pinning Employees #1 and # 2 under the rebar wall.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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