OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #824292

WALL,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,BACK,BRICK,NECK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNTRAINED,CONTUSION

1986-12-29T00:00:00

Event: WALL,COLLAPSE,WORK RULES,BACK,BRICK,NECK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNTRAINED,CONTUSION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 824292
Report ID: 352420

Event description

Employee injured when wall collapses

Investigation abstract

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on December 29, 1986, Employee #1, a laborer, was ass fety training or instruction on the hazards of knocking down walls. He was provi ded only with a hard hat and gloves prior to starting work. igned to work for Stop Construction Co., Inc., on a school building renovation. He was under the direct supervision of its foreman. On the employee's first day at the job site, the foreman assigned him to empty wheelbarrows. A short time la ter, he was instructed to help a coworker knock down a wall using a sledgehammer and crowbar. While he was prying out the loose bricks with the crowbar, the wal l collapsed and he was struck by falling bricks. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital for treatment of a bruised and swollen back and neck, and a bruised right knee. He was released later that day. Employee #1 had not received any sa

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M

Nature of injury
3

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
869

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
2

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