Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Minnesota: Two Electricians Die When a Bolt Bin Falls 8 Floors at Construction Site

摘要

On the day of the incident, a 46-year-old worker and a 49-year-old worker (victims) died of injuries sustained when a large bolt bin fell at a commercial construction site. The victims worked as electricians for an electrical company that was subcontracted to complete the electrical work on an office tower complex that was under construction. The two victims were working on the sixth floor of a planned 30 story tower when they were struck by an ironworkers' bolt bin that fell from the eighth floor of the building. The bolt bin and its contents fell through the eighth floor decking and continued to slam through each of the lower floors until it reached the first floor. The two victims who were working directly beneath the falling bin were apparently struck by it and also fell to the first floor. Emergency medical personnel were immediately called and pronounced the victims dead at the scene.