OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14560510
R R ENTERPRISES
CHICOPEE, MA·
Event description
Employee injured when pinned under falling column
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working in the cellar of a partially demolished two-family house when he touched a loose column. The column gave way, trapping the employee unde r debris. After approximately 90 minutes, the local fire department rescued Empl oyee #1. He was taken to the hospital and released.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 15 Male
- Nature of injury
- Strain/Sprain (20)
- Part of body
- KNEE(S) (15)
- 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 regularly assigned (1)
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.