OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14327373
THE SHERMAN R SMOOT CO
WASHINGTON, DC—
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING CONCRETE BLOCK.
Investigation abstract
THREE CARPENTERS WERE WORKING ON THE GROUND FLOOR IN AN ATRIUM AREA AT THE CENTE R OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ABOVE AND TO THE RIGHT OF THEM, ON THE SIXTH FLOOR, THREE LABORERS WERE PREPARING TO MOVE A PALLET LOAD OF CONCRETE BLOCKS O NTO THE FLOOR FROM AN OUTRIGGER SCAFFOLD, WHICH EXTENDED OUT FROM THE FLOOR'S ED GE. THE BLOCKS ON THE PALLET WERE NOT SECURED. SUDDENLY SEVERAL BLOCKS ON THE LE FT SIDE FELL OVER, THROUGH THE SCAFFOLD'S GUARD RAILS, AND STRUCK ONE OF THE CAR PENTERS IN THE HEAD. ALL OF THE MEN WERE WEARING HARD HATS AT THE TIME.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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