OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454920
MIKE WASHBURN CONSTRUCTION
MOVILLE, IA·
Event description
Employee killed by falling piece of concrete footing
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and his employer were using a skid steer loader to dig out a new bas ement under a house and its concrete footings. Employee #1 was under an old foot ing when it broke loose, pushing him to the ground. His head and upper shoulders were crushed by a piece of falling concrete, killing him. No form of bracing or underpinning was being used. Inexperience may have contributed to this accident .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 9
- Occupation code
- 865
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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