OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259337
HIGH WIND,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED
Event description
WINDSTORM COLLAPSED HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Investigation abstract
ON MAY 21, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 1:30 PM, EMPLOYEES #1, 2, & 3 WERE COMPLETING FRAMING WORK ON A RESIDENTIAL TWO-STORY HOME. A SUDDEN WINDSTORM CAME THROUGH AN D COLLAPSED THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED INSIDE THE COLLAPSED F RAMED STRUCTURE. THE TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, BUT WERE HOSP ITALIZED.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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