OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548622

HAWAIIAN DREDGING & CONSTRUCTION CO

KAMUELA, HI· 1987-06-26T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, HIP, LEG, OVERTURN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101904803
Employer profile: HAWAIIAN DREDGING & CONSTRUCTION CO
Summary number: 14548622
Report ID: 951510

Event description

Employee injured when struck by falling column form

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was stripping column forms while standing on 4 ft by 8 ft waferboard that was approximately 5 ft above a concrete floor. When a form began to tip ov er toward him, he jumped off and fell to the floor. The form fell on Employee #1 , who sustained multiple fractures to his arm, hip and leg.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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