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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827378

HIGH WIND,WALL,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED

Event
HIGH WIND,WALL,COLLAPSE,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
827378
Report ID
751910

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by collapsing wall

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:50 p.m. on April 26, Employee #1 returned to the concrete blo ck wall that he had just completed to retrieve a shirt he had left behind. A sev ere weather watch was in effect. A sudden, very strong gust of wind caused the w all to collapse, crushing the employee to death.

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 21 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    563
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    17
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #981 Degree 0 Age 0

    Nature of injury
    0
    Part of body
    0
    Event type
    0
    Source
    0
    Occupation code
    0
    Human factor
    0
    Environmental factor
    0
    Task assigned
    0

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