OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456735

ZWICK CONST CO

SALT LAKE CITY, UT— 1984-06-25T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, WALKING ON PLANK, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, PLANK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #15189004
Employer profile: ZWICK CONST CO
Summary number: 14456735
Report ID: 854910

Event description

Employee injured in fall down vault

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was chipping cement to fit a metal frame over an approximately 12 ft 6 in. deep by 9 ft square electrical vault hole. Wooden planks had been placed over the top of the vault to partially cover the opening. Employee #1 was walkin g across one of the planks when it broke, dropping him into the vault. The 2 in. by 12 in. by 16 ft plank was usually used to form footings and had been split a nd spliced.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
9

Event type
5

Source
5

Occupation code
869

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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