OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235907
WALL,DEMOLITION,SHORING,COLLAPSE,CRUSHED,BRACE
Event description
WALL COLLAPSED ON EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:00 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING DEBRIS FROM A CLAY TILE WALL. HE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF DEMOLISHING THE WALL WITH A SLED GE HAMMER. THE CLAY WALL WAS UNDER A LOAD (UNKNOWN TO THE EMPLOYEE) AND HAD NOT BEEN SHORED OR BRACED. SUDDENLY THE FLOOR AND WALL FROM THE FLOOR ABOVE COLLAPSE D, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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