OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221499718

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

GAITHERSBURG, MD— 2022-09-26T00:00:00

Event: Chest, Concrete, Concrete Floor, Concrete Slab, Construction, Cutting, Fall, Fall Protection, Floor Hole, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Material Handling, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Saw, Unstable Position
NAICS: 541990
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346247554
Employer profile: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Summary number: 221499718
Report ID: 0316100
Project type: D
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee cutting concrete is killed after fall through floor

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on September 26, 2022, an employee who worked for the federal government was operating a walk behind concrete saw. The employee was cutting through the concrete floor of a building structure when a suspended slab of concrete broke into several pieces. As a result, the employee fell 10 feet through the opening created in the floor and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 38 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
59

Fall distance
10

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