OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606293
PALMER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
MABLETON, GA·
Event description
CONCRETE BLOCK WALL COLLAPSED, STRIKING 4 EMPLOYEES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASSISTING EMPLOYEE #3 HANG AN ANGLE BEAM FOR A ROOF TRUSS ATTACH MENT ON A FREE-STANDING BLOCK WALL. THIS DAY THERE WERE GUSTY WINDS, ESTIMATED B Y THE WEATHER BUREAU AT 14 TO 17 MILES PER HOUR. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS DRILLING HOLES IN THE 8 INCH CONCRETE BLOCKS. THE CONCRETE WALL WAS 18 FEET HIGH, 60 FEET LONG, LOCATED AT A JOB SITE AT BURNSTANDT ROAD, HIGHWAY 400 NEAR DAHLOREGA, GEORGIA. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS REVIEWING THE WORK WHEN THE WALL SUDDENLY FELL. EMPLOYEE #1 AND EMPLOYEE #2 WERE CRUSHED TO DEATH. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH BRUISES. TH E WALL WAS NOT PROPERLY BRACED. EMPLOYEE #4 WAS SITTING ON THE WALL WHEN IT FELL . HE SUFFERED BRUISES AND A LACERATION OF HIS LEFT PALM.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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