Cement Finisher Dies After Being Crushed Against Doorway by Cement Truck Chute - North Carolina: FACE 96-25

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  A 32-year-old male cement finisher (the victim) died after being crushed against a temporary doorway by the chute of a cement truck. The victim was a member of a 4-man crew patching holes in a 5-acre warehouse floor. A temporary doorway had been cut in the warehouse wall for access. The cement truck backed up to the doorway in a manner that allowed the dispensing chute to extend through the door. The chute was located approximately 22 feet from one side of the 8-foot-wide by 10-foot-high doorway. Two crew members stood on each side of the chute as concrete was dispensed into a backhoe bucket. The victim was located on the side of the chute nearest the doorway. While the concrete was being dispensed, the bridge wheels above the chute began to drop. As the carriage for the bridge wheels struck the chute, it pushed the chute toward the doorway. The chute struck the victim and pinned him against the doorway slightly above waist level. The other crew members pushed the chute away from the victim and freed him while workers summoned the EMS from a construction trailer. When the emergency medical service (EMS) arrived, the victim initially refused treatment, but was convinced by EMS personnel to go to the hospital to be checked out. The victim was released from the hospital, but collapsed later in the afternoon and was taken to the hospital a second time. He died on the operating table later that night.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date supplied by FACE program ; date does not appear on report.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Crush Injuries
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 4
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Traumatic-injuries
  • Occupational-hazards
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Safety-education
  • Safety-measures
  • Training
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All ; Construction ; Hispanic ; Hispanic - Construction
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE9625
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  4 pdf pages
• Volume:
  1996
• Issue:
  25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025560
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2005-102137
• Citation:
  Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  1996/07/30
• Resource Number:
  FACE 96-25
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167309/cdc_167309_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 14.59 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4970ecfd5fbd27842a7bcb321cee81c579d03b73dd7e6c8dc19b38a4fcfa6b9731428db3ca64f4d580abe7d942570082778ab29c53dcf52dccf0a158052afdc2