OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #742585
DECKER CONSTRUCTION INC.
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
Employees injured when concrete deck collapses during pour
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:15 a.m. on May 31, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 and coworkers, o west corner collapsed. Employees #1 and #2 fell 16 ft to the ground. Employee #1 sustained a cut on his lip and Employee #2 bruised his back. f Decker Construction Company, began pouring concrete for the first floor wing o f an auditorium. The total pour was to consist of 320 yards of concrete. Employe e #1, a superintendent, and Employee #2, a laborer, were operating the concrete machine and directing the pour. After pouring the middle, west, and south sides of the floor, the crew directed the concrete toward the extreme southwest corner . At approximately 1:00 p.m., the project manager was standing on the pour talki ng to three Whiting and Turner employees. They were concerned about the number o f cold joints. Within a couple of minutes, a 30-ft by 30-ft section of the south
Victims (2)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 554
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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