OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221600455

MAGOBA DISPOSAL, LLC

MORROW, GA— 2023-09-17T00:00:00

Event: Collapse, Concrete Floor, Concrete Slab, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Hammer, Head, Laborer, Lanyard, Rebar, Saw
NAICS: 562211
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346983547
Employer profile: MAGOBA DISPOSAL, LLC
Summary number: 221600455
Report ID: 0418200
Project type: D
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee cutting rebar sustains head injury, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 p.m. on September 17, 2023, Employee #1, a construction laborer, was a head injury. operating a handheld concrete saw (14-inch blade) to cut the rebar located on the concrete floor being demolished. After the rebar was cut, chipping hammers were used to demolish the concrete floor, which would fall onto the first floor below. A concrete slab collapsed under Employee #1, falling 17 feet to the ground below. Employee #1 was tied off to a vertical metal beam using a lifeline with a rope grab, which was attached to his lanyard. His personal fall arrest system was not rigged such that he could not free fall more than 6 feet. Employee #1 was hospitalized and was taken off from life support and died due to

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
869

Fall distance
17

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