OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893537
DECKER CONST. CO., INC.
HERNDON, VA·
Event description
Employee injured when struck by falling wall
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on August 9, 1988, Employee #1 and four coworkers wer e raising a load-bearing wooden wall along the edge of a house. The employee was lifting the wall from near its middle. When it was raised to a height of 8 to 1 0 feet, a coworker slipped and the wall fell on top of Employee #1, fracturing h is neck and back. The wall appeared to be too heavy for the five coworkers to li ft.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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