OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689919
SUPERIOR IRON WORKS, INC.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN STAIRWAY UNDER CONSTRUCTION COLLAPSED
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 12:45 PM ON FEBRUARY 23, 1987, THREE CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES WER E INJURED WHEN A STAIRWAY AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURES COLLAPSED. THEY WERE WORKING AT THE THIRD FLOOR LEVEL WHEN THE COLLAPSE OCCURRED, AND WERE CARRIED TO THE BA SEMENT FLOOR ALONG WITH THE COLLAPSED MATERIAL. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 SUFFERED MIN OR BRUISES AND ABRASIONS, WHILE EMPLOYEE #3 RECEIVED A DISLOCATED SHOULDER.
Victims (3)
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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#3 Hospitalized Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 597
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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