OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #892877
INSTALLING,UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CONCRETE
Event description
Employee injured when pinned by wall against foundation
Investigation abstract
A crew of construction workers was installing approximately 4,000 to 4,500 lb pr ecast sections of concrete to the foundation of a single home. The first and sec ond sections were not bolted at the top and bottom. During the installation of t he third section, the wall broke loose and pinned Employee #1 against the side o f the foundation hole. He suffered multiple injuries and was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 569
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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