OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14400048

HANKS CONSTRUCTION INC

DENTON, TX· 1985-12-02T00:00:00

Event: SHEAR, WORK RULES, CONCRETE PANEL, LOAD SHIFT, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE, UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100310929
Employer profile: HANKS CONSTRUCTION INC
Summary number: 14400048
Report ID: 626300

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling concrete panel

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a foreman for Hanks Construction, Inc., was assisting another contr actor in guiding a 67,000 lb tilt-up concrete panel into place. The panel was su spended from the boom of a 1,200-ton crane. When the crane moved onto soft, unst able ground, both the crane and the suspended panel shifted. The boom buckled an d struck an erected 42,700 lb wall panel, shearing it in half. The panel fell on Employee #1 as he was fleeing the area, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 25 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
2

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