OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #657551

HERCULES BUILDING WRECKING CO.

NEWTON, MA· 1987-01-27T14:50:00

Event: SHOULDER, UNSECURED, COLUMN, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100469899
Employer profile: HERCULES BUILDING WRECKING CO.
Summary number: 657551
Report ID: 111400

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY FALLING LALLY COLUMN

Investigation abstract

AT 2:50 PM ON JANUARY 27, 1987, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE PLACING A WOODEN WEDGE UNDER A LALLY COLUMN WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER. EMPLOYEE #2 NOTICED THAT A PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED COLUMN HAD STARTED TO FALL. THE EMPLOYEES RAN IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM THE FALLING COLUMN. THE COLUMN STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE LEFT SHOULDER, KNO CKING HIM TO THE GROUND AND FATALLY INJURING HIM.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 33 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
27

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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