OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14195978
BALTIMORE WRECKING CORPORATION
BALTIMORE, MD·
Event description
EMPLOYEES INJURED IN FALL OF 22 FEET WHEN STAIRWAY COLLAPSES
Investigation abstract
On October 11, 1985, two employees for Baltimore Wrecking Corporation were worki ng on demolishing a stairway. Employee #1 was banging through the stairway tread pans with a sledge hammer. Employee #2 was breaking the tread concrete with an air jack hammer. The stairway broke away from the runner beam on the south wall at the third floor level. The employees fell 22 feet to the first floor. One emp loyee was hospitalized with a fracture. The other employee sustained a fracture but was not hospitalized. The stairway was not shored or supported. The employee s did not wear safety belts, lanyards with life lines, or fall restraint devices .
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 558
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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