OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470553
HOUCK SERVICES INC
GRANTHAM, PA—
Event description
Employee killed in fall from wall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were working atop a 9 ft 4 in. high by 8 in. wide by 1 5 ft long wall. Using a 2 in. concrete pump hose and a vibrator (110 ac), they w ere pouring concrete into cores of 8 in. by 8 in. by 16 in. plugs, three rows on each end of the wall. A coworker tried to pass the concrete pump hose to Employ ee #1, but knocked him off balance. Employee #1 fell to the ground, fracturing h is skull. He was killed.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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