OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #894063
HIGH WIND,COVER,WALL,WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STRUCK BY,BRACING,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employees injured when struck by collapsing cinderblock wall
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on January 1, 1990, Employees #1 and #2 were erecting a polyethylene cover over an area being prepared for a poured concrete ground s lab. One side of the polyethylene was attached to a freestanding 6-inch cinderbl ock wall 54 1/2 feet in length and 14 1/2 feet high. This section of wall had be en erected 1 month earlier and was supported by vertical 2 by 10s and angled 2 b y 4s. The 2 by 4s were removed in order to attach the polyethylene 7 feet high o n the wall. A gust of wind filled the polyethylene cover, which ballooned and pu lled the wall over onto Employees #1 and #2.
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 14
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 17
- Task assigned
- 1
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