OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #868893
IRON WORKER,COLUMN,STRUCK BY
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY SWINGING COLUMN
Investigation abstract
The employee, an ironworker, had hooked up a steel column. The column came loose and struck and killed him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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