OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221736598
FCX2025XNM858X0025 - E & E COMPANIES LLC
SAN TAN VALLEY, AZ—
Event description
Employee falls and dies during form work when ladder gives w
Investigation abstract
At 1:00 p.m. on January 16, 2025, Employee #1 was working for a concrete story, the crew discussed the problem and decided to use an 8-foot ladder to reach the bottom of the forms. Once they had placed the ladder into position, Coworker #1 held the ladder secure while the employee scaled the ladder to hook their fall protection harnesses up to the form to start work. The morning of the incident, Employee #1 climbed the ladder without another person holding it in place. The ladder gave way before Employee #1 could hook onto the form and Employee #1 was fatally injured after he and the ladder fell approximately 70 feet. contractor was starting the process of removing forms from Tower 6. Employee #1 was working with Coworker #1 stripping the forms from a pouring operation. The crew was working on the sixth story of the Tower stairwell on a resort construction site. The crew was using a Skyjack Model # SJ9664 RT Scissor Lift, Serial # A203000270, The scissor lift has a maximum height of 64 feet and was extended to its maximum height. Despite being at maximum height, there was still roughly a 6.5 feet gap between the deck of the lift and the bottom of the forms to be removed. To bridge the remaining distance to the forms for the sixth
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
- Fall distance
- 63
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