OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456834

CONCRETE FORM WORK,FRACTURE,SHOULDER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,FLOOR OPENING,LOST BALANCE,UNGUARDED

1985-01-15T00:00:00

Event: CONCRETE FORM WORK,FRACTURE,SHOULDER,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,FLOOR OPENING,LOST BALANCE,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14456834
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee fractures shoulder in fall from concrete form

Investigation abstract

At 11:40 a.m. on January 15, 1985, Employee #1 was working on a concrete form. H e needed a 40 in. by 40 in. piece of plywood to finish the flooring. Having cut a piece of plywood at floor level, Employee #1 stepped down 18 in. to the form. Turning to get the piece of plywood, he lost his balance and fell 12 ft through a hole to the concrete floor. He then rolled off this floor and fell another 12 ft to the ground. Employee #1 broke a bone in his left shoulder, for which he wa s hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
21

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
567

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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