OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515761
HIGLEY-RELIANCE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
LONGBOAT KEY, FL—
Event description
Employee killed in 104 ft fall from concrete form
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was helping to assemble a form to support concrete for the 10th floo r of a building. He walked out on an aluminum purlin to take a measurement and f ell approximately 104 ft to the plaza floor. Employee #1 suffered a skull fractu re; fractures of his left fifth, sixth, and seventh ribs; a torn aorta; and frac tures of the right scapula, mandible, and maxilla, and left tibia and fibula. He was killed. Employee #1 was not using a safety belt at the time of the accident .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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