OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #822312
WALL,CONSTRUCTION,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STRUCK BY,CONCRETE BLOCK,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION
Event description
WORKER INJURED WHEN CONCRETE BLOCK WALL FELL ON HIM
Investigation abstract
ONE OF THE FOUR BLOCK WALLS HAD BEEN TOPPED OUT AT 10 FEET AND BRACED BY 2 BY 12 ND FRAME. THE DRIVER THEN TOLD HIM TO WAIT A MOMENT WHILE HE MOVED THE FORKS FUR THER IN AND TIPPED THEM DOWN TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE LABORER TO SLIDE THE FRAM ES OFF. THE LABORER SAW THE WALL SHAKING AND STARTED TO RUN. A PORTION OF THE WA LL FELL WITH PART OF IT LANDING ON EMPLOYEE #1. HE WAS SOON EXTRICATED, TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL, AND RELEASED THE NEXT DAY. HE SUSTAINED RELATIVELY LITTLE APPARENT INJURIES. MOST LIKELY WHEN THE FORKS WERE TIPPED, THE TOP EDGE OF THE LOAD BACK REST CONTACTED THE WALL AND PUSHED IT OVER. S. THE BRACES WERE CLEATED TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR INSIDE AND STAKED OUTSIDE. NEAR FLOOR LEVEL THERE WAS A WINDOW OPENING (9 FEET, 4 INCHES WIDE AND 6 FEET, 8 INC HES HIGH) BEING USED AS AN ENTRY POINT FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL. A MASONS HIGH LIFT FORKLIFT WAS BEING USED TO CARRY THE MATERIALS. FIVE FOOT END FRAMES FOR A SCAFFOLD, FOLLOWED BY CROSS BRACES AND BRACKETS, WERE HUNG ON THE FORKLIFT FORKS . THE FORKLIFT WAS THEN DRIVEN TO THE WINDOW OPENING AND THE LOAD POSITIONED PAR TWAY INSIDE. A LABORER WAS TO TAKE THE MATERIAL OFF THE FORKS AND PREPARE TO ERE CT THE SCAFFOLD INSIDE THE WALL. HE REMOVED THE BRACKETS, CROSS-BRACES AND ONE E
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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