Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14456834

WEYHER BROTHERS COMPANY

Event
CONCRETE FORM WORK, FRACTURE, SHOULDER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, LOST BALANCE, UNGUARDED
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#15187404
Employer profile
WEYHER BROTHERS COMPANY
Summary number
14456834
Report ID
854910

Event description

Employee fractures shoulder in fall from concrete form

Investigation abstract

At 11:40 a.m. on January 15, 1985, Employee #1 was working on a concrete form. H e needed a 40 in. by 40 in. piece of plywood to finish the flooring. Having cut a piece of plywood at floor level, Employee #1 stepped down 18 in. to the form. Turning to get the piece of plywood, he lost his balance and fell 12 ft through a hole to the concrete floor. He then rolled off this floor and fell another 12 ft to the ground. Employee #1 broke a bone in his left shoulder, for which he wa s hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 50 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    21
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    567
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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