OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14396915
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,STRUCK BY,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling rebar cage
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a member of a crew that was lifting a column form over a rebar c age. The crane operator stopped the lift and asked Employee #1 to move a utility pole that was on the ground beside the form. When the guy on the east side of t he rebar cage came loose, the cage began to fall. Although the other employees s aw it and yelled to Employee #1, he started walking directly into the path of th e falling cage. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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