OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #656678
COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,BACKHOE
Event description
MASONRY EMPLOYEE CRUSHED UNDER COLLAPSING FOUNDATION
Investigation abstract
A MASONRY EMPLOYEE WAS TROWELLING A NEWLY POURED CONCRETE BASEMENT FLOOR, NEAR T HE REAR FOUNDATION, AS THE FOUNDATION WAS BEING BACKFILLED WITH A BACKHOE. THE B ACKHOE INADVERTENTLY STRUCK THE FOUNDATION, CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE ONTO THE EMPL OYEE. HE WAS FATALLY INJURED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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