OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #779553
BEAM,CONCRETE FORM WORK,HARD HAT,CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee injured when struck by falling beam
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was part of a three-man crew that was stripping concrete formwork wh en the form scaffold that was supporting the whalers and stringers started to co llapse. Employee #1 had rushed to help the two other workers steady the scaffold and reattach a loose crossbrace when a previously loosened beam fell from the s upport pad and struck his hard hat. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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