OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14233019
UNIVERSAL CONCRETE PRODUCTS CORPORATION
BIRDSBORO, PA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY STEEL TRIANGULAR SUPPORTS
Investigation abstract
An employee was burning on an 8-in. steel I-beam. He accidentally bumped a store d pile of steel triangular supports behind him. The supports fell onto the emplo yee, crushing and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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