OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999573
ARKAY CONSTRUCTION CO.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN·
Event description
WALL FELL ONTO 2 CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES; 1 KILLED, 1 HURT
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 8:45 AM ON JUNE 1ST, 1987, TWO LABORERS (EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2) W IVED MULTPLE INJURIES AND WAS HOSPITALIZED. ERE DRIVING 5 FOOT LONG, 2 BY 6 INCH WOODEN STAKES INTO EXCAVATED SOIL ADJACENT TO A CONCRETE BLOCK FENCE WALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A 90 POUND JACKHAMMER TO D RIVE THE STAKES. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS HOLDING THE STAKES FOR EMPLOYEE #1. THEY WERE L OCATED ABOUT IN THE CENTER OF THE LAST 20 FOOT SECTION OF THE WALL, BETWEEN THE WALL AND A SMALL SCAFFOLD. THE WALL WAS ABOUT 3 FEET BEHIND THEM. THEY WERE STAN DING ABOUT 5 TO 6 FEET BELOW THE UNDISTURBED GROUND LEVEL ON THE OTHER (EAST) SI DE OF THE WALL. THE ENTIRE 20 FOOT SECTION OF WALL COLLAPSED AND FELL ONTO BOTH EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF COMPLICATIONS AT ABOUT 11:15 AM. EMPLOYEE #2 RECE
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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