OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690321
NAEGELE OUTDOOR ADVERTISING CO.
ST. PAUL, MN·
Event description
Employees injured when ad sign collapses
Investigation abstract
At 12:35 p.m. on June 26, 1986, Employees #1 and #2 were installing new catwalks on an outdoor advertising sign. Because of a bad weld, which was a manufacturin g fault, the sign collapsed, throwing both employees to the ground. Employee #2 fell approximately 40 feet onto a nearby truck bed. He was transported to the ho spital for observation. Employee #1 fell with the sign until it struck the roof of an adjacent building, turned over, and spilled him to the ground 20 ft below. The sign would have crushed Employee #1, but he fell into a depression in the g round under the sign. He was hospitalized.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 844
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 844
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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