OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516959
C B S ERECTION & RIGGING, INC.
LAKELAND, FL·
Event description
CONCRETE TILT-UP WALL STRUCK & KILLED CONSTRUCTION WORKER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, AN IRONWORKER, WAS STANDING ON BAR JOISTS THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED F Y 30,000 POUNDS, FELL ON EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS THEN ON THE GROUND. HE WAS KILLED. NO OTHER WALL SECTIONS FELL. OR THE ROOF OF A LARGE WAREHOUSE. THE WALLS OF THE WAREHOUSE WERE TILT-UP CONCRE TE WALL CONSTRUCTION. THE BAR JOISTS HAD BEEN SET IN POCKETS ON THE CONCRETE WAL LS. THE WALLS WERE SUPPORTED BY DIAGONAL BRACES. BUNDLES OF FLOOR DECKING WERE S TACKED ON THE BAR JOISTS. THE BAR JOISTS WERE NOT WELDED IN THE WALL POCKETS. A BAR JOIST ROLLED AND FELL OUT OF THE POCKET. THIS ACTION CAUSED EMPLOYEE #1 TO F ALL 37 FEET TO THE FLOOR BELOW. HE HUNG ONTO THE WALL SECTION THAT FELL AWAY AWA Y FROM THE BUILDING. AT THE SAME TIME, A SERIES OF BAR JOISTS RAPIDLY FELL, STRI KING THE WALLS AND DIAGONAL BRACES. A SECOND WALL SECTION, WEIGHING APPROXIMATEL
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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