OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1002021

ELDER IMPLEMENT COMPANY INC.

NICHOLS, IA· 1987-06-09T00:00:00

Event: OBSTRUCTED EGRESS, BUILDING COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, BURIED, FALLING OBJECT, MECH MALFUNCTION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #104267570
Employer profile: ELDER IMPLEMENT COMPANY INC.
Summary number: 1002021
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee killed by debris from falling building

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and coworkers were on the first floor of a 100-year-old building wh en the top floor collapsed. Two employees ran out the back door. Employee #1 was struck and buried by falling debris from the back wall and roof, and was killed . Six other employees tried to run out the front door but the door had jammed. T hey could have been injured by falling debris.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
519

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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