OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692848
SPRINKLE MASONRY, INC.
NEWPORT NEWS, VA·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by falling masonry wall
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning debris on the third floor of a three-story building. He was working adjacent to a freestanding 17 foot long by 8 foot high masonry wall that had not been shored or braced. A gust of wind blew the entire wall over on to him. Employee #1 was killed.
Victims (4)
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 17
- 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
-
#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
-
#983 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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