OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14305908

WALL,STRUCK BY,CONCRETE BLOCK,FALLING OBJECT

1988-01-09T00:00:00

Event: WALL,STRUCK BY,CONCRETE BLOCK,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14305908
Report ID: 454712

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling wall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a maintenance man, was walking in an aisle on the other side of a c oncrete block wall that measured approximately 11 ft by 24 ft. The wall was stru ck by a container/pallet that was being loaded into a storage rack. The entire w all fell onto Employee #1, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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