Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14424394 - Three employees killed when scaffold collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 14424394 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 03/05/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101847275	03/06/1986	1741	0	H & B Masonry Co.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101847242	03/06/1986	1542	0	Swan Construction Co.

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3, all brick masons, were working from a Morgan scaffold at a height of approximately 18 ft. They were laying a free-standing, non-load-bearing, concrete block wall when a strong gust of wind blew it over. The falling wall struck the scaffold, causing it to collapse. All three employees were killed. The newly formed wall was neither shored nor braced.

Keywords: WORK RULES, SHORING, BRACING, HIGH WIND, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101847275	Fatality	Other	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters
2	101847275	Fatality	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons
3	101847275	Fatality	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons
4	101847242			Occupation Not Listed

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