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Accident: 102311.015 - Worker'S Hips, Legs Are Crushed When Form Falls

Accident: 102311.015 -- Report ID: 0950635 -- Event Date: 07/19/2017
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1251302.01508/01/2017Guy Yocom Construction, Inc.

At 8:00 a.m. on July 19, 2017, Employee #1, a carpenter employed by a constructi on company, was part of a crew setting wooden forms for a two-story building's 2 5-foot tall concrete column. As Employee #1 was climbing down from the top of t he wooden form, which was not supported/braced, the form started to fall toward the second floor concrete deck. The form came to rest on top of the decking, pin ning Employee #1 between the decking and the form. Emergency services were call ed, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treate d for a crushed pelvis and crushed legs.

Keywords: carpenter, caught between, concrete form work, construction, crushed, decking, leg, pelvis, structural collapse, unsecured
Accident Details
End Use Proj Type Proj Cost Stories NonBldgHt Fatality
Other building New project or new addition   2 25

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation Construction
1 1251302.015 42 M Hospitalized injury Carpenter FallDist:
FallHt:
Cause: Forming
FatCause:

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