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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #999581

FRACTURE,HEAD,PANEL,COLLAPSE,UNSECURED,CONCRETE PANEL,STRUCK BY,LEG,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
FRACTURE,HEAD,PANEL,COLLAPSE,UNSECURED,CONCRETE PANEL,STRUCK BY,LEG,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
999581
Report ID
552700

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)

  1. #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
  2. #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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