OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14569024

WALL,DEMOLITION,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE POSITION

1984-11-28T00:00:00

Event: WALL,DEMOLITION,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14569024
Report ID: 1054112

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by falling concrete wall

Investigation abstract

At approximately 12:20 p.m. on November 28, 1984, Employee #1 was working in a 1 2 ft deep subfloor area between a new wall and an old concrete wall. The concret e wall had been part of a subfloor level of the building that was being simultan eously demolished and rebuilt. Trenches had been cut around three sides of this wall, and a floor that had supported the wall from the top had been removed. The concrete wall fell into the subfloor area, crushing Employee #1. He was pronoun ced dead at the scene.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
594

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
1

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