OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14424394
H & B MASONRY CO.
FESTUS, MO·
Event description
Three employees killed when scaffold collapses
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 through #3, all brick masons, were working from a Morgan scaffold a t a height of approximately 18 ft. They were laying a free-standing, non-load-be aring, concrete block wall when a strong gust of wind blew it over. The falling wall struck the scaffold, causing it to collapse. All three employees were kille d. The newly formed wall was neither shored nor braced.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 553
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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