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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14561823

COLLAPSE,CEILING,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY

Event
COLLAPSE,CEILING,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14561823
Report ID
214700

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

  1. #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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