OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #601377
BLACKWELDER & ASSOCIATES ELECTRIC CO., INC.
MELBOURNE, FL·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN WALL FELL ON HIM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A MASONRY WALL. THE CO NCRETE BLOCK WALL WAS SUPPORTED BY A POURED CONCRETE BEAM, 11 FEET HIGH, 2 FEET WIDE, AND 22 FEET LONG. A SECOND CONCRETE WALL RAN PARALLEL TO THE FIRST. BOTH W ALLS WERE EIGHT COURSES HIGH (APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET) AND EIGHT INCHES WIDE. A SPA CE OF EIGHT INCHES SEPARATED THE TWO BLOCK WALLS. ALTHOUGH NO VERTICAL REINFORCE MENT OR LATERAL SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED, A CONCRETE CREW DETERMINED THAT THE SPACE SHOULD BE FILLED WITH CONCRETE. WHILE THE CONCRETE WAS BEING PUMPED INTO THE CAV ITY, ONE COMPLETE SECTION OF THE WALL BLEW OUT AND CRUSHED EMPLOYEE #1 (AN ELECT RICIAN) WHO WAS WORKING DIRECTLY BELOW THE COLLAPSING WALL.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 60 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- 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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