OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540462

BOSTON MINOR CO

BOSTON, MA— 1984-11-07T00:00:00

Event: CHEST, CONSTRUCTION, HOSE, CRUSHED, HIGH PRESSURE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LOST CONTROL
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1804889
Employer profile: BOSTON MINOR CO
Summary number: 14540462
Report ID: 111400

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by falling granite block

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on November 30, 1984, Employee #1 was directing a con crete pour in the basement of a property in Boston, MA. He was holding the concr ete pumping hose when it developed too much pressure and he lost control of it. He was thrown against a Lally column that was supporting a 2-ton granite block. The column dislodged and the granite block fell on Employee #1's chest, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
6

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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