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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #972398

HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,COLUMN,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION,FALLING OBJECT

Event
HEAD,UNSECURED,WORK RULES,COLUMN,CONSTRUCTION,TRENCH,STRUCK BY,CONCUSSION,FALLING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
972398
Report ID
854910

Event description

Two employees injured when struck by falling column

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on March 15, 1990, Employees #1 and #2 were laying pipe in a shallo st. Coworkers interviewed had different opinions on why the column fell. One emp loyee said it was blown over by the wind and another indicated that it fell mome nts after a coworker passed by it. w trench. A coworker adjacent to the two men had marked a hole on the concrete f loor for a baseplate for a 1/4 in. thick, 11 ft 4 in. tall, 4 by 4 in. square me tal support column. The coworker slid back the baseplate so that he could drill the holes for mounting bolts. While the bolts were curing in the concrete, the c olumn remained free-standing. After the coworker left the area the column fell, striking Employee #1 on the head and Employee #2 on his left wrist before it cam e to rest on a concrete retaining wall. Employee #1 suffered a concussion and wa s hospitalized; Employee #2 sustained multiple bruises and contusions to his wri

Victims (2)

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    6
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    585
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1
  2. #2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    24
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    585
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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