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Accident: 950188 - Employees Injured, One Killed In Structure Collapse

Accident: 950188 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 04/27/1994
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12369530604/28/19941791Commercial Steel Erection Inc
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12369543904/27/19941542Blair Construction Inc.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12369544704/27/19948711Ps & E Projects Ltd
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12369545404/24/19941542W.C. English Construction Co.Inc.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12369546204/27/19942493J. M. Huber Corp.
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12369547005/06/19941791Pro Erectors Inc
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
12369530604/28/19941791Commercial Steel Erection Inc
At approximately 3:20 p.m. on April 27, 1994, Employees #2, #3, #4, #8, and #9, iron workers, were working 35 ft above the ground on top of a single-story steel warehouse that was under construction. Employees #1, #5, #6, and #7 were working on the structure's ground level. Dark clouds appeared in the distance to the west of the construction site. Employees #2, #3, #4, #8, and #9 were instructed to come down from the structure because a storm was approaching. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind hit the structure and it collapsed. Employee #1 was struck by a vertical steel column, which crushed his chest, killing him. Employees #2 through #9 received various minor and serious injuries. Employee #7 was hospitalized overnight.
Keywords: high wind, steel, collapse, struck by, warehouse, chest, construction, steel column, crushed
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 123695306 Non Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Structural metal workers
2 123695306 Fatality Other Structural metal workers
3 123695306 Non Hospitalized injury Dislocation Structural metal workers
4 123695306 Non Hospitalized injury Strain/Sprain Structural metal workers
5 123695306 Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Structural metal workers
6 123695306 Non Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Structural metal workers
7 123695306 Non Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Structural metal workers
8 123695439 Occupation Not Listed
9 123695447 Occupation Not Listed
10 123695454 Occupation Not Listed
11 123695462 Occupation Not Listed
12 123695470 Occupation Not Listed
13 123695306 Non Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Structural metal workers
14 123695306 Non Hospitalized injury Strain/Sprain Structural metal workers

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