OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606103
WALL,UNSECURED,BRACING,HIGH WIND,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,STRUCK BY
Event description
CONCRETE BLOCK BLEW OVER, CRUSHING EMPLOYEES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEES #1, #2 AND #3 WERE LAYING BRICK VENEER ON THE OUTSIDE OF A CONCRETE BL OCK WALL. THE WALL WAS 55 FEET LONG AND 14 FEET, 6 INCHES HIGH. THE EMPLOYEES HA D BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL HOURS WHEN A SUDDEN WIND STORM BLEW THE WALL OVER, KI LLING TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES AND SLIGHTLY INJURING THE OTHER. THE WALL HAD BEEN ST ANDING FOR ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. NO BRACING WAS INSTALLED, NOR WERE THE TOP SUPPORTI NG STEEL MEMBERS IN PLACE. ALL THREE EMPLOYEES WORKED FOR A MASONRY SUBCONTRACTO R. THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR HAD INSTALLED SOME BRACING ON THE INSIDE OF THE WALL, BUT IT HAD BEEN REMOVED SEVERAL DAYS EARLIER SO THAT SOME GRADING WORK COULD BE DONE INSIDE THE BUILDING.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 31 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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#3 Non-hospitalized injury Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- 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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