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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823229

SHOULDER,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,BRICK,STRUCK BY,CONTUSION

Event
SHOULDER,UNSECURED,CONSTRUCTION,BRICK,STRUCK BY,CONTUSION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
823229
Report ID
352440

Event description

Employee's shoulder bruised when struck by falling bricks

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on the work platform of a three brick high scaffold. He has laid three courses of brick on an angle iron. As Employee #1 bent down to obtain mor e brick from the stock platform, the three courses of brick fell 18 in. off the iron angle beam and four bricks struck him on the back of his shoulder. He susta ined bruises to his upper shoulder and was hospitalized.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    21
    Event type
    1
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    563
    Human factor
    14
    Environmental factor
    6
    Task assigned
    1

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