OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526669

HARBERT-WESTBROOK, A JOINT VENTURE

DAVIE, FL· 1987-12-07T15:00:00

Event: UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101206357
Employer profile: HARBERT-WESTBROOK, A JOINT VENTURE
Summary number: 14526669
Report ID: 418800

Event description

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING FORM

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 3 PM ON DECEMBER 7, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, A GENERAL CARPENTER FORE MAN, WAS SUPERVISING A SEVEN MAN WORK CREW AT THE I75 AND SR84 DETOUR ON ROUTE I 595. A 40 FOOT LONG FLATBED TRAILER WAS BEING USED TO TRANSPORT A TEN FOOT METAL FORM AND TWO FIVE FOOT SECTIONS TO ANOTHER LOCATION ON THE SITE. THE TEN FOOT F ORM WAS BOLTED TOGETHER AND LASHED TO THE TRUCK, BUT THE TWO FIVE FOOT SECTIONS WERE NOT SECURED IN ANY WAY. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WALKING ALONGSIDE THE MOVING FLATBE D WHEN IT ENTERED A ROUGH AREA, JARRING THE LOAD. ONE OF THE FIVE FOOT SECTIONS FELL OFF THE TRAILER AND STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD, KILLING HIM.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 38 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
28

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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