OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221581101

STUCCO WORKS INC.

MIAMI BEACH, FL— 2023-07-13T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bucket, Building, Concrete, Concussion, Construction, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Falling Object, Flying Object, Hand Tool, Head, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Material Handling, Neck, Plaster, Struck By
NAICS: 238140
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346833791
Employer profile: STUCCO WORKS INC.
Summary number: 221581101
Report ID: 0418800
Project type: A
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee is killed when struck in head by scaffold pulley

Investigation abstract

At 11:00 a.m. on July 13, 2023, an employee working on a plastering project for a construction company was filling buckets with concrete. The employee needed to take the buckets to the second floor of a building using a scaffold pulley system. The pulley system fell off and the top part hit the employee in the head. The employee died from blunt force trauma including a concussion and neck injury.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Event type
1

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