OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978924
BEAM,STRUCTURE MOVING,BUILDING COLLAPSE,OVERLOADED,CONSTRUCTION,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Two employees die as building falls during house moving
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2, the owner of a house moving company and his employee, were ated structure at its original level when the beam break occurred. The building fell in excess of 8 ft, trapping Employees #1 and #2 at their work places. working beneath a two-story wood frame house that was being prepared for moving. They were removing lower level bearing walls and other structural supports. A 5 2 ft long, 10 in. by 12 in., double I-beam, which was serving as a temporary sup port, failed under its load at a previously existing burn cut. The cut went comp letely through the upper flange and 4 1/2 in. down into both webs. The second st ory fell from its temporary supports, killing Employees #1 and #2. The date or p urpose of the beam cuts was not known, but a similar, unfailed cut existed in a companion beam. The failed beam (and the companion beam) was supporting the elev
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 37
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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