OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349450
UNSECURED,CONCRETE BEAM,COLLISION,BRIDGE,CONSTRUCTION,WELDING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LOST CONTROL
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling concrete beam
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was lying on his back welding a concrete bridge cap to the second of five steel piling supports. A dump truck, apparently running out of control, hi t the bridge cap and caused the 5 ton concrete beam to fall on top of him. Emplo yee #1 was killed.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- 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
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