OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686691

CONCRETE FORM WORK,HEAD,DISMANTLING,CONSTRUCTION,BRACE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1985-07-02T00:00:00

Event: CONCRETE FORM WORK,HEAD,DISMANTLING,CONSTRUCTION,BRACE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 686691
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee injured when hit by falling piece of plywood

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was a member of a crew that was taking out shoring or braces from un der a concrete floor that had been poured. After taking out the braces, Employee #1 was standing under pieces of plywood. A 5/8 in. wide and 8 ft long piece of plywood fell 2 ft and struck him on top of his head. Employee #1, who was wearin g a hard hat at the time, came back to work the same day.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 40 M

Nature of injury
20

Part of body
20

Event type
1

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
5

Hazardous substance
0865

Task assigned
1

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