OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14446751
THOM AND SONS COMPANY
DULUTH, MN·
Event description
Employee killed in building collapse
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was inside a building that had been structurally weakened during pre liminary demolition operations. The building collapsed on him. Employee #1 was c aught under the falling structure and sustained serious injuries, which resulted in his death.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Construction trades, n.e.c. (599)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.