OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491484
MEADOWLANDS FIRE PROTECTION CO. INC.
FORT LEE, NJ·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING BRICK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES LEFT THE GROUND FLOOR OF A BUILDING UNDER CO HICH WAS BADLY BENT AND MISSHAPEN (DEFECTIVE). TWO (2) BRICKS BOUNCED BETWEEN TH E FLOOR EDGE AND THE SCAFFOLD. ONE BRICK STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE HEAD, KILLING HIM. THERE WERE TWO (2) PROTECTED ENTRY/EXIT POINTS FROM THIS BUILDING WHICH CO ULD HAVE BEEN USED BY THE THREE EMPLOYEES. NSTRUCTION. (THIS WAS EMPLOYEE #1'S FIRST DAY AT THE SITE.) THE THREE EMPLOYEES TOOK AN EXIT WHICH WAS NORMALLY BLOCKED BY A 20 CUBIC YARD TRASH CONTAINER. HOWE VER, AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT, THE TRASH CONTAINER WAS BEING REPLACED BY AN EMP TY ONE. NONE OF THE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE WEARING A HARD HAT. AS THE THREE WERE L EAVING THE BUILDING, TWO LABORERS, ON THE 23RD FLOOR, WERE MOVING SOME BRICKS WI TH A "BRICK TONG" TOOL. THEY WERE MOVING A STACK OF SEVEN BRICKS TO THE FLOOR ED GE IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR USE ON A MULTIPLE POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD WHICH HA D JUST BEEN RAISED TO THE 23RD FLOOR. THE SEVEN (7) BRICKS FELL FROM THE TONG, W
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#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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#982 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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