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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #605659

KNEE,CONCRETE FORM WORK,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,ABRASION,CONTUSION,STAIR,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,BACK

Event
KNEE,CONCRETE FORM WORK,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,ABRASION,CONTUSION,STAIR,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,BACK
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
605659
Report ID
418100

Event description

Three employees injured as stairway collapses

Investigation abstract

At approximately 11:45 a.m. on June 17, Employees #1, #2, and #3 were on their w , suffered a strained knee. ay from the roof to the ground for a lunch break. The rebar dowels securing the sixth floor stairs to the roof beam were not in place when the roof was poured, allowing the stairs between the roof and the sixth floor to fall when the formin g and shoring were removed. Employee #1, who was on the stairs between the fifth and sixth floors, suffered a bruise on the back from flying debris. Employee #2 , who was on a single point suspension scaffold in an adjacent elevator shaft be tween the second and third floors, jumped from the scaffold to the second floor, bruising and abrading his left side. Employee #3, who was descending the stairs

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 53 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

    Nature of injury
    20
    Part of body
    15
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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