Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456560

COTTONWOOD CONCRETE INC

Event
CONCRETE FORM WORK, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#15183858
Employer profile
COTTONWOOD CONCRETE INC
Summary number
14456560
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee injured in fall while removing wall forms

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was stripping poured wall forms. To dismantle the vertical staff bac ks, he began to remove the attaching brackets, starting at the bottom. When only two backs remained, Employee #1 positioned himself by hooking his safety lanyar d between them. As he removed the lower bracket, the 2 by 4 to which he was atta ched swung out, dropping him 14 ft 3 in. onto a metal deck.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 46 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    5
    Source
    5
    Occupation code
    599
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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