OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379762

AL. NEYER, INC.

FAIRFIELD, OH· 1986-10-06T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, INATTENTION, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL COLUMN, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101688596
Employer profile: AL. NEYER, INC.
Summary number: 14379762
Report ID: 522000

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING STEEL COLUMN

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A GENERAL CONTRACTOR WORKER, WAS CHECKING GRADE FOR STEEL COLUMN IN STALLATION WHEN ANOTHER EMPLOYEE UNBOLTED A NEARBY COLUMN FROM ITS BASE. THE NOW -UNSECURED COLUMN FELL OVER AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1
#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

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