OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14427306
CONCRETE FORM WORK,HEAD,WORK RULES,SAFETY BELT,CONSTRUCTION,LANYARD,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,TIE-OFF
Event description
Employee killed in fall from bridge pier
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and three coworkers were assembling large wooden concrete forms on t he center pier of a bridge under construction. Employee #1 looped his lanyard ov er the end of a 4 in. by 4 in. wale. As he reached overhead for a pipe clamp, th e improperly secured lanyard came off the end of the wale. Employee #1 fell back ward and sustained fatal head injuries. The employees were wearing improper safe ty belts and lanyards.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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