OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221671860

PRECAST CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY UNLIMITED, LLC

RENO, NV· 2024-06-06T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Aerial Truck, Basket, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Collapse, Concrete, Concrete Panel, Construction, Construction vehicle, Controlled Access Zone, Danger Zone, Ejected, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Laborer, Neck, Raised platform, Residential Construction, Safety Device, Structural Collapse, Truck Platform, Unsafe Position, Unsecured, Unsecured Panel
NAICS: 327331
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347532178
Employer profile: PRECAST CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY UNLIMITED, LLC
Summary number: 221671860
Report ID: 0953210
Project type: A
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee dies from head and neck trauma when ejected from ba

Investigation abstract

At 3:00 p.m. on June 6, 2024, an employee working as a construction laborer for the shock-absorbing lanyard attached to his five-point fall arrest harness to snap. The employee died from multiple blunt force trauma from impact with the ground. a precast concrete manufacturer had positioned his aerial boom lift beside a 5-story precast concrete panel. The employee staged in that location while waiting for instructions to rig the panel to a crane. The employee's position was in the fall zone of the panel. A communication breakdown occurred between two coworkers which caused brace bolts to be removed prematurely prior to the completion of permanent connections. This caused the concrete panel to fall and strike the aerial boom lift where the employee was stationed. This in turn sent the boom and basket crashing to the ground, ejecting the employee and causing

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
7010

Fall distance
20

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