OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999581
E.C.S. SYSTEMS, INC.
LINDSTROM, MN·
Event description
STRUCK BY PRE-CAST CONCRETE PANELWHICH FELL OVER
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 2, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 12 PM, EMPLOYEES #1 & #2 WERE PREPARING TO HO IST A PRE-CAST CONCRETE PANEL FROM THE STORAGE YARD, USING AN OVERHEAD CRANE. SU DDENLY, WITHOUT WARNING, A DIFFERENT PRE-CAST PANEL BEHIND THE EMPLOYEES COLLAPS ED ON TOP OF THEM. THE PRE-CAST PANEL, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 5000 POUNDS AND ME ASURING 8 1/2 INCHES THICK, 10 FEET WIDE AND 21 1/2 FEET LONG, HAD BEEN STORED I N AN UPRIGHT AND UNSECURED POSITION. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AS A RESULT OF A HEAD INJU RY. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED A CRUSHING-TYPE COMPOUND FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT LEG.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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