OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14426530
CONCRETE SLAB,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
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)
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#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
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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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