OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14252118
CHAMPION INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
ROANOKE RAPIDS, NC—
Event description
EMPLOYEES THROWN ABOUT WHEN BUILDING STRUCK BY LARGE WAVE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE INSIDE A LAB BUILDING WHEN IT WAS STRUCK BY A LARGE WAV E GENERATED WHEN A NEARBY WATER TANK COLLAPSED AND SPILLED ITS CONTENTS. THE EMP LOYEES WERE THROWN AGAINST THE BUILDING CONTENTS AND STRUCK BY PIECES OF FLYING FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT. BOTH EMPLOYESS WERE HOSPITALIZED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 18
- Occupation code
- 224
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 18
- Occupation code
- 224
- Human factor
- 5
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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