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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14531313

COLLAPSE,FALL,STRUCK BY,KNEE,WALL,UNSECURED,LEG,BLOCKS,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION

Event
COLLAPSE,FALL,STRUCK BY,KNEE,WALL,UNSECURED,LEG,BLOCKS,PINNED,CONSTRUCTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14531313
Report ID
112300

Event description

Three employees killed, one injured when wall collapses

Investigation abstract

Employees #1, #2, and #4, all laborers, and Employee #3, an operating engineer, d that was standing adjacent to the wall. All the workers scrambled to safety ex cept for Employees #1 through #3, who were trapped under the debris and killed. Employee #4 ran and fell to the ground just beyond the downed block wall, injuri ng his left knee and calf. were working on a construction project when the coffee truck arrived at approxim ately 9:30 a.m. The approximately 25 site workers gathered in the vicinity of th e coffee truck for a break. They congregated around the base of an approximately 60 ft long by 23 ft high concrete block wall. The first 10 vertical ft of the w all was composed of 8 in. by 8 in. concrete blocks, and the remainder was built of 12 in. by 8 in. by 16 in. blocks. No masonry work had been done on the block wall for approximately one week. The wall started to fall in, and there was a lo ud noise when the it struck and pushed over a metal tubular welded-frame scaffol

Victims (5)

  1. #1 Fatality Age 27 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    2

  2. #2 Fatality Age 36 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    2

  3. #3 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    1
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    2

  4. #4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 55 M

    Nature of injury
    20
    Part of body
    16
    Event type
    4
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    2

  5. #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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