OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14510879

CONCRETE SERVICES

AUSTIN, TX— 1984-11-30T00:00:00

Event: CONCRETE FORM WORK, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, JOIST, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #681247
Employer profile: CONCRETE SERVICES
Summary number: 14510879
Report ID: 625400

Event description

Eight injured when floor collapses during construction

Investigation abstract

Employees #1 through #8 were working on the construction of an office building. The employer was pouring concrete on the third floor. As the concrete flowed fro m the pumper hose, it exerted lateral pressure on the floor-joist system. The jo ists bowed until they could no longer support the floor. The joists buckled and the floor collapsed, injuring Employees #1 through #8. The floor and forms were supported by bar joists with inadequate lateral support.

Victims (9)

#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
17

Event type
2

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1
#2 Hospitalized Age 36 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
17

Event type
2

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1
#3 Hospitalized Age 35 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
16

Event type
2

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1
#4 Hospitalized Age 55 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
16

Event type
2

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1
#5 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
2

Event type
2

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1
#6 Hospitalized Age 31 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
2

Event type
2

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1
#7 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
16

Event type
2

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1
#8 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
16

Event type
2

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1
#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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