OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #607234

BOARD,CONCRETE FORM WORK,HEAD,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SHORING,STRUCK BY,BRACING,CONTUSION

1987-12-29T00:00:00

Event: BOARD,CONCRETE FORM WORK,HEAD,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,SHORING,STRUCK BY,BRACING,CONTUSION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 607234
Report ID: 418100

Event description

Employee injured when hit by shoring

Investigation abstract

At approximately 9:45 a.m. on December 29, 1987, Employee #1 was working with a crew of 10 carpenters who were installing support forming for a building roof. T he weather was clear, cold, and windy. He apparently did not realize that the st ructure was unstable because there was inadequate bracing on the single post sho res of the concrete form. The shoring collapsed and Employee #1 received a bruis e on the left side of his head when he was struck by a 4 ft by 4 in. board.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
17

Task assigned
1

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