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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14426530

CONCRETE SLAB,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

Event
CONCRETE SLAB,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14426530
Report ID
830500

Event description

Employee killed when struck by concrete slab

Investigation abstract

The portico at the entrance of a building being remodeled was supported by two l egs at each corner. One rear leg from each corner was removed and the right fron t leg was removed. The left front leg was about to be removed when a concrete sl ab from the front fell on Employee #1, who was attaching a cable to the leg. He was killed.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #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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