OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14488126
DEMOLITION,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,LACERATION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee injured in collapse of floor during demolition
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a pneumatic paving breaker to cut out 6 in. concrete arche s between 2 in. by 10 in. steel beams in the floor of a building that was being demolished. An arch was prematurely covered with debris and the floor collapsed. Employee #1 fell, sustaining serious injuries from multiple lacerations. He was not provided with a plank to stand on while working.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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