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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14332274

COLUMN,BUILDING,COLLAPSE,STRUCK BY,ERECTION PROCESS,IRON WORKER,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL ERECTION

Event
COLUMN,BUILDING,COLLAPSE,STRUCK BY,ERECTION PROCESS,IRON WORKER,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL ERECTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14332274
Report ID
418100

Event description

STRUCK BY ADJACENT COLUMN

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS SUPERVISOR EMPLOYEE #2 WERE ERECTING VERTICAL COLUMNS (STEEL ). EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SITTING NEAR A FOOTING ON WHICH A STEEL COLUMN WOULD BE SET A ND EMPLOYEE #2 WAS STANDING NEARBY. ALL EMPLOYEES FROM ANOTHER WORKSITE SLID DOW N THE ADJACENT COLUMN WHICH HAD JUST BEEN SET. THE COLUMN THEN FELL AND STRUCK B OTH EMPLOYEE #1 AND #2. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD HIS LEG SERVERED BELOW THE KNEE. EMPLOYE E #2 HAD INJURIES TO HIS HAND. THE COLUMN WAY APPARENTLY NOT FULLY BOLTED WITH F ULLY THREADED NUTS ON THE ANCHOR BOLT.

Victims (5)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

    Nature of injury
    1
    Part of body
    16
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Hospitalized Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    12
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1
  3. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0
  4. #982 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0
  5. #983 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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