OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689745
CONCRETE FORM WORK,COLLAPSE,BUILDING COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,ENTANGLED,LEG
Event description
Employees injured when floor collapses
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:05 a.m. on September 13, 1985, a concrete crew was placing an d finishing an elevated slab in an office building under construction when the n orthern end of the third floor collapsed. Employees #1 and #2, who were working at that northern end of the floor, fell approximately 25 ft to the ground. Emplo yee #3 fell 11 ft to the second floor, where his leg became tangled in the reinf orcing steel. He hung suspended until he was rescued by coworkers.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 588
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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