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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14428882

ROCK,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT

Event
ROCK,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14428882
Report ID
830500

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling rock

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working on a control roller for a conveyor belt system. A pickup truck was parked with its rear to the conveyor belt and next to a high wall on the travel way. Freezing temperatures and thawing caused rocks to break loose fr om the wall and strike Employee #1. The wall was not protected by a fence, barri er, or a wire mesh screen.

Victims (3)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    6
    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
  3. #982 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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