Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200962835 - Employee killed when crushed by falling concrete wall

Accident Summary Nr: 200962835 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 05/24/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302798277	05/24/1999	1741	0	Elmer F. Robinson, T/A Keystone Masonry Corp.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2, both masonry workers, were on a wheeled, 8 ft tall mobile scaffold system, grouting the top of a newly built 12 ft tall by 65 ft long concrete block wall. Employee #1 was under the scaffold and Employee #2 was on it when a sudden storm and high winds struck the site. A gust exceeding 50 mph caused the entire free standing wall to collapse, crushing and killing Employee #1. Employee #2 rode the rolling scaffold across the floor until it struck another wall and partially overturned. He fell onto the concrete deck and sustained injuries to his left wrist and ankle.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, WALL, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, COLLAPSE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, LEG, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302798277			Fatality	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	302798277			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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