OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14450183
L.H. SOWLES CO.
PLYMOUTH, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEES INJURED IN STRUCTURAL STEEL COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1 PM, ON OCTOBER 20, 1986, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE PREPARING T O CUT A STRUCTURAL STEEL COLUMN TO LENGTH. THE EMPLOYEES HAD JACKED UP THE STRUC TURAL STEEL FRAMEWORK FROM THE TOP OF THE COLUMN TO BE CUT. THE INSTABILITY OF T HE JACK AND STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAMEWORK CAUSED THE STEEL TO COLLAPSE TO THE GROUN D. EMPLOYEE #1 RODE THE STEEL FRAMEWORK TO THE GROUND, 30 FEET BELOW. HE WAS CRU SHED, SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE INTERNAL TRAUMATIC INJURIES, AND LATER DIED. EMPLO YEE #2 WAS THROWN OUT, CARTWHEELING FROM THE STEEL FRAMEWORK. HE FELL OUTSIDE TH E BUILDING TO THE GROUND 35 FEET BELOW. HE SUFFERED INTERNAL INJURIES AND BROKEN RIBS, BACK, ARM, AND LEGS. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED, BUT SURVIVED.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#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
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