OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14320881

STEEL BEAM,DEMOLITION,COLLAPSE,BUILDING COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1986-05-17T00:00:00

Event: STEEL BEAM,DEMOLITION,COLLAPSE,BUILDING COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,UNSTABLE SURFACE,FALL,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14320881
Report ID: 317000

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by steel beam

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and a coworker were removing flooring from the joists of the second floor of what had been a three-story row-type residential structure (the second and third stories had already been demolished). When a corner of the structure s tarted to collapse, Employee #1 slid down the collapsing flooring to ground leve l. The steel supporting beam then gave way and collapsed on top of Employee #1, crushing and killing him. The coworker managed to move away from the collapsing floor, and grabbed a remaining stable member of the structure.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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