OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540744
MAHONEY OIL, INC.
LOWELL, MA·
Event description
Employees injured when struck by collapsing wall
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were uncovering oil tanks for testing when they were hit by a section of a collapsing block wall that was adjacent to the excavation. Employ ee #1 was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 48 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- LEGS (16)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- FOOT/ANKLE (11)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- 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.