OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14561823
RACE ACOUSTICS, INC.
LONG BEACH, NY·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN CEILING COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND AND ANOTHER PLASTERER WERE APPLYING FINISH WHITE COAT OVER BROWN SCRATCH ON WIRE LATH WHEN THE CEILING COLLAPSED ONTO THEM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUS HED TO DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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