OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382675

ROOF COLLAPSE,DEMOLITION,BUILDING,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,SINGLE STORY,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

1986-03-19T00:00:00

Event: ROOF COLLAPSE,DEMOLITION,BUILDING,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,SINGLE STORY,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14382675
Report ID: 521400

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by collapsing roof

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a cutter, was supervising the demolition of a single story steel fr ame and bar joist discount store. When a crane pulled on a loose exterior beam, unsecured columns and beams shifted and dropped the store's roof on top of Emplo yee #1. He was crushed and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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