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Accident: 130263.015 - Employee Attached To Concrete Forming Panel Is Killed In Fal
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1497025.015 | 10/07/2020 | Mccarthy Building Companies, Inc. |
At 7:30 a.m. on October 5, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company , was engaged in the construction of a new building. He was dismantling a steel DOKA concrete forming panel. Without first ensuring that the forming panel was connected to the tower crane and thus secured, the employee removed all structu ral t-bolts holding the forming panel upright . The forming panel broke loose f rom the concrete and fell to the ground. Employee #1, whose fall protection was attached to the forming panel, fell 19 feet and struck his head against the con crete surface. Employee #1 sustained blunt force traumatic injuries and was kil led.
Keywords:
blunt force trauma, bolt, brain, concrete form work, construction, crane, demolition, dismantling, fall protection, fracture, head, panel, skull, struck against, structural collapse, unsecured panel, untrained
| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other building | New project or new addition | 1 | X | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1497025.015 | 27 | M | Fatality | Carpenter apprentices | FallDist: 19 FallHt:22 Cause: Forming for piers or pylons FatCause: |