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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14317754

BEAM,UNSECURED,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
BEAM,UNSECURED,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14317754
Report ID
317020

Event description

One employee killed, one injured by falling I-beam frame

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and #2 were jacking and cribbing one end of a section of a double wi de modular home. They were under the structure, raising it so they could roll it onto the foundation and connect with the other section. The framing slipped fro m the jacks, causing the structure to fall. Employee #1 was pinned by the I-beam frame and killed. Employee #2 was struck by the falling structure as he rolled clear of it. He was hospitalized.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 42 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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