OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14517346

ADCOM WIRE CO

JACKSONVILLE, FL— 1984-08-29T00:00:00

Event: IND TRK OPERATOR, WALL, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, CONCRETE BLOCK, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1219518
Employer profile: ADCOM WIRE CO
Summary number: 14517346
Report ID: 419700

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling concrete block wall

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was walking down an aisle along a wall between two sections of the p roduction area. A coworker driving a forklift truck with a load on the front str uck the other side of the wall. The top 12 rows of concrete blocks collapsed on Employee #1, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
19

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
1

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