OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388896
BIRCH & SONS CONSTRUCTION, INC.
MANSFIELD, OH·
Event description
Employee crushed and killed by falling wall
Investigation abstract
On February 22, 1988, Employee #1 working at the construction site when the mid- section of a masonry wall blew over in the wind. He was crushed and killed. The wall was not shored, braced, or connected with the other building walls.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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