OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #902346
CHEST,ASPHYXIATED,MOBILE HOME,CRUSHED,JACK
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING OBJECT
Investigation abstract
At 10:25 a.m. on Monday, February 19, 1990, Employee #1 and a coworker were in t -tale moans of the mobile home shifting and tried to roll free. Employee #1's up per abdomen was pinched between the outer wheel and the basement wall, causing r espiratory failure due to a crushed thoracic cavity. The two employees were util izing a system of jack stands, beams, rollers, and winches in order to facilitat e the lateral movement of the mobile home. At the very moment of the accident, t he mobile home was only supported by poorly constructed concrete block pillars a nd it pivoted at the unsecured hitch point at northern end of the mobile home. N o supervision was present and no training was provided to the workers. he process of jacking up the southeast corner of a 72 foot long by 14 foot wide mobile home sitting on a five degree sloped hillside, in order to eventually mov e the mobile home eastward to rest atop an already constructed basement foundati on. The mobile home, which was not secured at its northern hitch point to any ve hicle or structural member, was temporarily sitting atop six concrete block pill ars located on soft, moist earth. Both men had assumed sitting positions between the concrete block basement wall and the mobile home's wheels. The mobile home shifted, falling 1 foot and moving eastward 2 feet. The employees heard the tell
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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