OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14314587
MIRACLE BUILDERS
PHILADELPHIA, PA·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by collapsed building
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworkers were installing steel I-beams to support the second an d third floors of a store so that a dividing wall could be torn down to make one large shopping area. A floor joist gave way and the building collapsed, pinning Employee #1 under the wall and flooring rubble and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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