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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818062

CONCRETE FORM WORK,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE

Event
CONCRETE FORM WORK,CONSTRUCTION,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,LOST BALANCE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
818062
Report ID
418800

Event description

Employee killed in nineteen story fall after losing balance

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was removing a 4 ft by 8 ft piece of plywood along the edge of a for m. As the plywood came down, Employee #1 stepped on the plywood and started to p ick it up. But he lost his balance and fell to his death from the nineteenth flo or.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 27 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    5
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    20
    Environmental factor
    6
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    1

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