OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342521
LEAK,FRACTURE,POURING,COLLAPSE,CONCRETE
Event description
THREE EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY COLLAPSING FORMWORK AND CONCRETE
Investigation abstract
Employees #1, #2, and #3 were pouring concrete for a section of the fourth floor slab. The work stopped when a leak was observed in the formwork. Employee #1 wa s under the formwork. Employee #2 and Employee #2 went under the formwork to exa mine the leak. While they were examining the leak the form work and concrete col lapsed and fell on all three Employees. Employee #1 was hospitalized, Employee # 2 was not hospitalized, and Employee #3 was hospitalized with a fracture.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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