OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #677096
JAMES C. OREN & ASSOCIATES, INC.
DAYTON, OH·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL TO CONCRETE SURFACE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MOVING EQUIPMENT ON THE THIRD FLOOR LEVEL OF AN EXPANSION PROJEC SSIVE HEAD INJURIES. T, 24 FEET, 8 INCHES ABOVE THE FIRST FLOOR SURFACE. THE SECOND FLOOR WAS ONLY PA RTIALLY BUILT AND DID NOT EXTEND BELOW THE ACCIDENT AREA. HE WAS WORKING NEXT TO A 2 BY 10 FOOT FLOOR OPENING WHICH WAS COVERED WITH 2 OVERLAPPED 4 FEET BY 8 FE ET, 3/4 INCH PLYWOOD SHEETS. THE FLOOR OPENING COVER, PREVIOUSLY BOLTED DOWN, WA S NOT SECURED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. IT EITHER BECAME DISLODGED OR WAS LEF T OPEN EARLIER DURING ANOTHER ACTIVITY. EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED INTO AN UNCOVERED SE CTION OF THE OPENING ( MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 24 BY 30 INCHES) AND FELL TO HIS DEATH TO THE CONCRETE SURFACE. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DOA AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL FROM MA
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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