Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200824167 - Two Employees Are Injured During Lift of Framed Wall

Accident Summary Nr: 200824167 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 03/23/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312724602	03/26/2009	1751	238130	Illinois Framing (Select Build)

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m. on March 23, 2009, Employees #1 and #2, and 10 coworkers were manually lifting a framed balloon wall that another crew had just finished building. As the crew raised the wall to shoulder height, they realized that the wall was too heavy. One by one each ran from beneath the wall. The extra weight added by several employees leaving, caused Employees #1 and #2 to become caught beneath the wall edge. Both Employees #1 and #2 were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were hospitalized and treated for their injuries. Employee #1 suffered a cracked vertebra, while Employee #2 received treatment for a torn right rotator cuff. The accident investigation revealed that none of the crew that participated in the manual lift of the framed wall had received any training as outlined in the OSHA Safety and Health Information Bulletin (SHIB), Hazards of Manually Lifting Balloon Framed Walls, November 17, 2005.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TENDON, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, CAUGHT BETWEEN, MANUAL MAT HANDLING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312724602			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse
2	312724602			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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