OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822775
COMMERCIAL ERECTORS, INC.
LARGO, MD·
Event description
Employee killed in 12 ft fall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was 12 ft 4 in. above a concrete slab, installing approximately 100 lb metal deck forms that measured 36 in. wide by 26 ft 1 in. long. As he was dra gging a metal deck form into place, he stepped back onto a form that had already been welded in place. Employee #1 apparently lost his grip on the unsecured for m and fell to the slab below, striking his head. He was killed. Employee #1, who had walked across a 6 in. wide steel beam to reach the metal deck form, was not wearing a safety belt and did not have a catch platform. Employee #1 had not be en instructed in fall protection requirements while working at this height.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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