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Accident Summary Nr: 14294847 - ONE EMPLOYEE KILLED, NINE INJURED WHEN WALL COLLAPSED

Accident Summary Nr: 14294847 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 02/14/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105756423	02/14/1991	1741	0	Beacon Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 12:15 P.M. ON FEBRUARY 14, 1991, EMPLOYEES #1-10 WERE WORKING FROM A MORGAN SCAFFOLD PLATFORM, APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET ABOVE GROUND, CONSTRUCTING A WELL, WHICH IS IT-60 FEET LONG OR 250 FEET LONG? 30-FOOT HIGH CINDERBLOCK EXTERIOR WALL. A 90-FOOT LONG SECTION OF THE 250-FOOT TOTAL LENGTH HAD BEEN COMPLETED THE DAY BEFORE, BUT NO TEMPORARY WALL BRACES WERE INSTALLED FOR SUPPORTING THE WALL. A GUST OF WIND STRUCK THE WALL, CAUSING IT TO FALL ONTO THE SCAFFOLDING AND THEN COLLAPSE TO THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED AND THE 9 OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, WALL, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, BRACING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105756423	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons
2	105756423	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons
3	105756423	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons
4	105756423	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices
5	105756423	Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices
6	105756423	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons
7	105756423	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons
8	105756423	Fatality	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons
9	105756423	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons
10	105756423	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons

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