OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #605519
C & H MASONRY
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA·
Event description
WIND BLEW WALL OVER WHICH STRUCK SCAFFOLD; EMPLOYEES STRUCK
Investigation abstract
AS PART OF A WAREHOUSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, A CONCRETE BLOCK WALL, 100 FEET LON G AND 28 1/2 FEET HIGH HAD BEEN BUILT. THE WALL WAS NOT BRACED OR SHORED. THE WA LL WAS STRUCK BY A STRONG GUST OF WIND AND COLLAPSED. THE COLLAPSING WALL STRUCK A SCAFFOLD ON WHICH THERE WERE TWO EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEES #1 & #2 WERE DOING THEI R REGULARLY ASSIGNED TASKS AT THE 10 FOOT LEVEL. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED 4 BROKEN R IBS, A BROKEN COLLAR BONE AND NUMEROUS CUTS AND LACERATIONS. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERE D MULTIPLE CUTS, BRUISES AND LACERATIONS.
Victims (3)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 32
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Non-hospitalized injury Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 32
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- 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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