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Accident Summary Nr: 822486 - 4 CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HURT WHEN METAL CONCRETE FORMS FELL

Accident Summary Nr: 822486 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 12/10/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18860908	12/10/1987	1771	0	Precision Concrete Construction Co Inc
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18860890	12/10/1987	1542	0	Orville S. Arnold, Inc.

Abstract: AT ABOUT 7:45 AM ON DECEMBER 10, 1987, 4 CONCRETE FINISHERS WERE ON A METAL DECK CONSTRUCTED FOR A CONCRETE POUR FOR A FLOOR/ADDITION TO THE FIRST EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN ELLICOT CITY. THE WORKERS WERE EMPLOYED BY THE PRECISION CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION CORP. OF WHITE MARSH, MARYLAND. A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE START OF THE POUR (ABOUT 3/4 OF A YD.), THE METAL DECK FORMS COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE 4 WORKERS TO FALL ABOUT 10 FEET INTO THE BASEMENT. THE COLLAPSED SECTION WAS 10 BY 11 FEET. THE FORMS COLLAPSED BECAUSE EITHER THE FORMWORK OR SHORING WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THE LOADS IMPOSED BY THE POURING OPERATION. THE ERECTION AND BUILDING PLANS FOR THE DECK WERE NOT ON THE JOB SITE. THE 4 EMPLOYEES WERE EXPERIENCED CONCRETE FINISHERS.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18860908	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Concrete and terrazzo finishers
2	18860908	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Concrete and terrazzo finishers
3	18860908	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Concrete and terrazzo finishers
4	18860908	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Concrete and terrazzo finishers
5	18860890			Occupation Not Listed

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