OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #742676
ELION CONCRETE, INC.
TOWSON, MD·
Event description
Employee killed in fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on the construction of a 10-story concrete and steel par king garage that was 95 percent complete. He was 90 ft above the ground installi ng metal weld plates in column #11 on the outside edge of the 10th floor level d eck. He was wearing a safety belt, a 6 ft long rope lanyard, and an additional 8 ft long rope lanyard that was improperly secured onto two 1 1/2 in. diameter #1 1 rebars that were standing in a column. The 8 ft long rope lanyard came loose a nd Employee #1 fell to the ground and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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