OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14244503
WORK RULES,STRUCK AGAINST,CONSTRUCTION,DUMPSTER,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE,CONCRETE,OPEN-SIDED FLOOR,UNGUARDED
Event description
Employee killed in fall from floor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working at the edge of the 5th floor, 50 feet above ground level , holding a 5 inch concrete pumper hose. A wheelbarrow was placed at the end of the hose. When concrete was pumped through the hose, the force of the concrete h itting the wheelbarrow made the hose whip. Employee #1 was thrown off the floor to ground level where he hit a dumpster and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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