Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170127096 - COMMUNICATIONS TOWER FALLS ON BUILDING DURING STORM

Accident Summary Nr: 170127096 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/13/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115046864	07/16/1992	3949	0	Universal Gym Equipment, Inc.

Abstract: Three employees had just completed a training course on health insurance. Employees #1 and #2 were getting ready to go home for the day, and employee #3 went to the restroom. A storm hit the area and blew down a 500-foot-tall communications tower. The tower landed on the employee's building and the main power center. Employee #1 was electrocuted. Employee #2 sustained a concussion, and employee #3 received lacerations to his head. Employees #2 and #3 were hospitalized for their injuries.

Keywords: STORM, HEAD, COMMUNICATION TOWER, ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, LACERATION, CONCUSSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115046864	Fatality	Electric Shock	Machinists
2	115046864	Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Machinists
3	115046864	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Secretaries

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