OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14225973
DEMOLITION,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,ALARM,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN GARGE COLLAPSES
Investigation abstract
On December 31, 1989, Employee #1 was cutting away residual debris during the de molition of a nine-story parking garage. The employee was crushed during an unpl anned collapse of the overhead structure. Two other employees managed to escape without injury.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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