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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379762

UNSECURED,WORK RULES,INATTENTION,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL COLUMN,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

Event
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,INATTENTION,CONSTRUCTION,STEEL COLUMN,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
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. #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
  2. #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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