OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336747
COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,WORK PLATFORM
Event description
Employee killed in gang form collapse
Investigation abstract
At approximately 11:30 a.m., Employee # 1 was standing atop a gang form that was 8 ft high by 22 ft long, positioned at the edge of the 36th floor. He was attem pting to nail an additional piece of wood forming material when the wooden 2 by 6 horizontal support member nailed to the diagonal brace broke loose. The diagon al brace had been holding the form in a vertical position. Employee #1 and the g ang form fell to the ground. He suffered multiple trauma and died from his injur ies.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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