OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #517029

FRACTURE,WALL,UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION

1989-02-06T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,WALL,UNSECURED,PINNED,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 517029
Report ID: 931800

Event description

Employee injured when pinned by falling wall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 unbalanced a nearly vertical wall form by climbing on it. The wall f ell and he was pinned underneath, sustaining multiple fractures.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 39 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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