OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14301196

TOKUNAGA MASONRY INC

HONOLULU, HI· 1987-01-23T00:00:00

Event: CHEST, ABDOMEN, UNSECURED, BOULDER, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #105918031
Employer profile: TOKUNAGA MASONRY INC
Summary number: 14301196
Report ID: 951510

Event description

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK IN CHEST BY BOULDER

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER WORKER WERE CONSTRUCTING PLYWOOD FORMS FOR A CONCRETE SE A WALL. FOUR FEET AWAY FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SITE, A GROVE HYDRAULIC BOOM CRANE WAS LIFTING A 2 TO 3 TON BOULDER TO A HEIGHT OF ABOUT 2 FEET ABOCE THE GROUND. T HE BOULDER SUDDENLY SLIPPED OUT OF THE WIRE ROPE SLING AND ROLLED INTO THE CONST RUCTION AREA, SMASHING THE FORMS. THE PLYWOOD FORMS AND STEEL REBAR SIMULTANEOUS LY STRUCK THE EMPLOYEE IN THE CHEST AND ABDOMEN. HE LATER DIED OF MULTIPLE TRAUM ATIC INJURIES.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 57 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
12

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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