OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342521
PRESTRESSED SYSTEMS INDUSTRIES
MIAMI BEACH, FL·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- OTHBODYSYS (31)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
-
#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 24 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- UPPER ARM (22)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 24 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- CHEST (5)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.