OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14452338
ERECTION PROCESS,JOIST,BUILDING,COLLAPSE,DECKING PANEL,IRON WORKER,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL ERECTION,FALL
Event description
FELL WHEN JOISTS COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
AN EMPLOYEE FELL 36FT (APPROX.) FROM ATOP A BUNDLE OF DECKING THAT WAS LANDED ON TOP OF THE 67FT LONG JOISTS WHICH HAD NO BRIDGING TO TIE THEM TOGETHER.IN ORDER TO DISCONNECT THE SLINGS, BOTH EMPLOYEES HAD CLIMBED ON TOP OF THIS 4TH BUNDLE THAT HAD JUST BEEN LANDED IN THE CENTER OF THE BAY, AND DISCONNETED THE SLINGS F ROM THE DECKING BUNDLE.IT WAS THEN THEY FELT THE BUNDLE STARTING TO MOVE. EMPLOY EE #1 WAS ADJACENT TO THE SLINGS--GRABBED THEM AND HUNG ON. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS A LI TTLE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE SLINGS. HE TRIED TO REACH THEM AND FELL TO THE GROUND ALONG WITH 3 ROOF JOISTS AND 4 BUNDLES OF DECKING. HE FELL APPROXIMATELY 36FT T O THE CONCRETE SLAB BELOW.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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