OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14258008

HEAD,WALL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,MANUAL MAT HANDLING,STRUCK BY

1990-03-08T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,WALL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,MANUAL MAT HANDLING,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14258008
Report ID: 317900

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling wooden frame wall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and six coworkers were attempting to set up a 35 ft long 2 by 6 wood en frame wall by hand. When they had pushed the top up about 6 ft, the employees found that the approximately 1,500 lb wall was too heavy and they began to lay it down. The workers lost their grip on the wall and all of them, except for Emp loyee #1, got out of the way as it fell. His head was crushed between the top pl ate and a plank on the floor, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 34 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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