OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341358
WOODROW WILSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC.
OAKLAND PARK, FL·
Event description
Employee killed when pinned by sign
Investigation abstract
In preparation for a concrete pour to secure a sign, Employee #1 was straighteni ng an existing concrete and block wall that had been set into a small excavation . The employee dug out sand from under the sign, thereby undermining it and caus ing it to fall backward onto him. The falling sign pinned Employee #1 against an existing block wall, killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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