OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455190
WALL,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,SANDBLASTING
Event description
Employee killed when concrete wall falls over
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was sandblasting a precast concrete wall measuring 19 ft 11 in. long by 7 ft high by 6 in. thick. The wall was being held in place by pipes and form blocks. One block had been removed or had fallen out; when Employee #1 removed the other, the 10,000 lb wall fell on top of him. He was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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