OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14567416
FRACTURE,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,FALL,FLOOR OPENING,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,LEG
Event description
Three employees injured when concrete floor breaks
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were unloading sheetrock on the fourth floor and Employee #3 was working at ground level. A forklift operator was setting a load of sheetroc k on the fourth floor when Employee #2 motioned to the operator to lift the fork s. The operator lowered them and began to back up. The forks started to drag and the prestressed concrete floor broke. Employees #1 and #2 fell, and Employee #3 was struck by a piece of falling concrete. Employee #1 suffered a broken leg, a nd Employees #2 and #3 sustained bruises.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 573
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 573
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 20
- Part of body
- 15
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 556
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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