OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #891812
CONSTRUCTION,SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE,BRACE,FALL,BRACING,SCAFFOLD,SCAFFOLDING
Event description
EMPLOYEES INJURED WHEN SCAFFOLDING AND WALL COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
On October 3, 1989, seven brick masons, (2nd and 3rd mason tenders), employed by used about 127 ft of the north section of the wall in front of the employees to completely fall over away from the scaffolding taking four of the brick masons w ith it. All four employees were hospitalized with injuries. This part of the wal l was not braced or supported in any manner and a limited access zone had not be en established prior to the start of its constructing. Baltimore Masonry Inc., located at 5389 Enterorise St, Eldersburg, MD 21754, we re constructing a single thickness cinder block wall on the east side of a wareh ouse. The wall was 240-ft-long by 24.8-ft-high extending north and south. Approx imately 113 ft of the south end of the wall had been completed days earlier and had adequate bracing and support. Ten employees were working on top of a 19.5 ft high scaffold installed on the inside of the north half of the wall. They finis hed installing the last cinder block on the top of the wall and were in process of filling the cinder block cells with cement when a gust of wind came up and ca
Victims (4)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#3 Hospitalized Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#4 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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