OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221520315

THE DE MOYA GROUP, INC.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL— 2022-12-05T00:00:00

Event: Aerial Lift, Basket, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collapse, Concrete Beam, Crane, Crushed, Crushing, Falling Object, Hammer, Lead, Lifting, Piling, Struck Against, Struck By, Unstable Soil
NAICS: 237310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346385156
Employer profile: THE DE MOYA GROUP, INC.
Summary number: 221520315
Report ID: 0418800
Project type: A
Construction end-use: I

Event description

Employee is struck and killed by collapsing concrete pile

Investigation abstract

At 11:45 a.m. on December 5, 2022, an employee was working from an JLG aerial lift assisting in the placement of a hammer and leader onto a 90-foot-long concrete pile. As the crane operator attempted to place a hammer and leader on the concrete pile, the crane sank forward into soft soil causing the leader to strike the pile. The concrete pile collapsed an struck the lift basket which fell to the pavement with the pile and killed the employee.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
30

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