OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14264212
CONCRETE FORM WORK,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,STRUCK BY
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM REBAR CAGE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, THE SUPERINTENDENT, WAS STRUCK BY A CYLINDRICAL FORM BEING SET BY A CRANE. THE EFCO FORM (5 FEET, 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER, 24 FEET LONG AND WEIGHING B ETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 POUNDS) WAS BEING PLACED AROUND A CIRCULAR REBAR CAGE. THE FORM HUNG UP ON AN OBSTRUCTION AND WOULD NOT GO INTO POSITION. EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMB ED TO THE TOP OF THE FORM AND ATTEMPTED TO SHAKE THE FORM LOOSE. HE TIED OFF TO THE REBAR FRAMEWORK AND CALLED FOR THE CRANE OPERATOR TO "BOOM UP". THE FORM BRO KE LOOSE WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO SNAP THE SAFETY CHAIN AT BOTH CONNECTING RINGS. AF TER BEING STRUCK BY THE FORM, EMPLOYEE #1 FELL ONTO THE BARGE AND INTO THE WATER .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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