OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14445548

FRACTURE,HEAD,ROOF,WALL,BUILDING COLLAPSE,BACK,PELVIS,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CONTUSION

1988-01-23T14:15:00

Event: FRACTURE,HEAD,ROOF,WALL,BUILDING COLLAPSE,BACK,PELVIS,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,CONTUSION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14445548
Report ID: 552700

Event description

2 KILLED, 7 INJURED WHEN PART OF BUILDING COLLAPSED

Investigation abstract

AT 2:15 PM ON JANUARY 23, 1988, A LARGE SECTION (ABOUT 150 FEET LONG AND 100 FEE S THAT DID NOT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION. A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION PROVIDED NO EVIDENCE OF EXPLOSION OF OTHER UNUSUAL FACTORS THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THE ROOF C OLLAPSE. THE FLAT ROOF, APPROXIMATELY 28 FEET IN HEIGHT, WAS AN INDUSTRIAL TYPE ROOF WITH METAL TRUSSES AND COLUMNS BELOW THE ROOFING MATERIALS. IN ORDER TO DET ERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE ROOF COLLAPSE, AN IN DEPTH ENGINEERING STUDY OF THE BUIL DING CONSTRUCTION AND COMPONENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN INSPECTION OF THE STRUCT URAL MEMBERS WILL BE REQUIRED. T WIDE) OF THE ROOF OF A PRINTING PLANT COLLAPSED. AS THE ROOF COLLAPSED, THE SO UTH CONCRETE BLOCK WALL OF THE BUILDING FELL TOWARDS THE OUTSIDE. EMPLOYEES #1 A ND #2, PRESSMEN ON THE LARGE HARRIS PRINTING PRESSES INSIDE THE PLANT, WERE KILL ED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING MATERIAL. EMPLOYEES #3 AND #4, ALSO WORKING INSIDE THE PRESSROOM, WERE HOSPITALIZED FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED DUE TO FALLING MATERIAL. TH EY WERE REPORTED TO BE IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION THE FOLLOWING DAY. EMPLOYEE #3 SUSTAINED A FRACTURED PELVIS. EMPLOYEE #4 ESCAPED WITH CONTUSIONS AND LACERATION S ON THE SCALP AND BACK. THE OTHER INJURED EMPLOYEES (#5 - #9) SUSTAINED INJURIE

Victims (9)

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
734

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#2 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
734

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#3 Hospitalized Age 32 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
14

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
734

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#4 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
734

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#5 Non-hospitalized injury Age 25 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
15

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
734

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1
#6 Non-hospitalized injury Age 30 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
3

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
734

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
734

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1
#8 Non-hospitalized injury Age 20 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
734

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1
#9 Non-hospitalized injury Age 47 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
1

Event type
7

Source
8

Occupation code
734

Human factor
14

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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