Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Concrete Form Pin Connection Failure

Mechanical and Safety Engineering (MASE) Product Failure Injury Report

Product involved: Concrete Forms/Pin Connection
What happened: A worker was injured while attempting to disassemble steel forms for concrete.  A pin that supported the forms failed resulting in the form dropping onto the worker’s head.
Injuries: Head injuries
Recommendations: Positioning of connections can be important for these types of structures.  It is important for the connections to be accessed safely, without getting underneath the forms in a crush zone.  Positioning connections so that the forms can be broken from the side would prevent these types of accidents

OSHA/Standard violations?: unknown

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