Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14264212 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM REBAR CAGE

Accident Summary Nr: 14264212 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 03/05/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2549426	03/06/1987	1622	0	Sletten Construction Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, THE SUPERINTENDENT, WAS STRUCK BY A CYLINDRICAL FORM BEING SET BY A CRANE. THE EFCO FORM (5 FEET, 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER, 24 FEET LONG AND WEIGHING BETWEEN 2000 AND 2500 POUNDS) WAS BEING PLACED AROUND A CIRCULAR REBAR CAGE. THE FORM HUNG UP ON AN OBSTRUCTION AND WOULD NOT GO INTO POSITION. EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF THE FORM AND ATTEMPTED TO SHAKE THE FORM LOOSE. HE TIED OFF TO THE REBAR FRAMEWORK AND CALLED FOR THE CRANE OPERATOR TO "BOOM UP". THE FORM BROKE LOOSE WITH ENOUGH FORCE TO SNAP THE SAFETY CHAIN AT BOTH CONNECTING RINGS. AFTER BEING STRUCK BY THE FORM, EMPLOYEE #1 FELL ONTO THE BARGE AND INTO THE WATER.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2549426			Fatality	Puncture	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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