OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341838
EAST COAST METAL DECKS INC.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling concrete panel
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was assigned to weld together concrete panels on a tilt slab-type co nstruction. He had been employed for one month and this was his first day perfor ming this task. At approximately 3:00 p.m. the expansion bolts (quik bolts) hold ing the stiff leg to a previously set panel pulled out. The panel, which was sha ped like an inverted L, was supported by braces and the stiff leg and began to f all. Employee #1 ran under the falling panel, which weighed approximately 12 ton s, and was crushed to death.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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