OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #671115
INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY
INDIANAPOLIS, IN·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER STRUCK BY FALLING PIECE OF CONCRETE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:55 PM ON JUNE 8, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING THE LAST T HOSPITAL, TREATED FOR CUTS AND BRUISES, AND RELEASED BEFORE THE END OF HIS SHIFT . HREE PIECES OF 12 BY 42 INCH SHORING IN A DOUBLE MANHOLE WHICH WAS 20 FEET LONG, 10 FEET WIDE AND 10 FEET DEEP. HE WAS WORKING ON HIS KNEES PLACING PLANKS BEHIN D THE 2 BY 10 PLANKING TO CLOSE THE OPENING UNDER THE 4-4 WAY CLAY ELECTRICAL DU CT LINE. THE ELECTRICAL LINE WAS COVERED WITH A LAYER OF CONCRETE 3 1/2 INCHES T HICK. THE CONCRETE OVER AND ON EACH SIDE OF THE CONDUIT HAD BEEN REMOVED, BUT A PIECE OF THE BOTTOM STILL REMAINED. THE PIECE WAS 24 INCHES WIDE AND ABOUT 30 IN CHES LONG, AND WAS LOCATED ABOVE EMPLOYEE #1. THE PIECE SUDDENLY BROKE IN TWO AN D FELL ABOUT 36 INCHES, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE CALVES. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 6
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 577
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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