Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 605519 - WIND BLEW WALL OVER WHICH STRUCK SCAFFOLD; EMPLOYEES STRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 605519 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 07/03/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100360106	07/03/1986	1541	0	Raco General Contractors
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100360098	07/03/1986	1741	0	C & H Masonry

Abstract: AS PART OF A WAREHOUSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, A CONCRETE BLOCK WALL, 100 FEET LONG AND 28 1/2 FEET HIGH HAD BEEN BUILT. THE WALL WAS NOT BRACED OR SHORED. THE WALL WAS STRUCK BY A STRONG GUST OF WIND AND COLLAPSED. THE COLLAPSING WALL STRUCK A SCAFFOLD ON WHICH THERE WERE TWO EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEES #1 & #2 WERE DOING THEIR REGULARLY ASSIGNED TASKS AT THE 10 FOOT LEVEL. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED 4 BROKEN RIBS, A BROKEN COLLAR BONE AND NUMEROUS CUTS AND LACERATIONS. EMPLOYEE #2 SUFFERED MULTIPLE CUTS, BRUISES AND LACERATIONS.

Keywords: WALL, LACERATION, RIB, SHORING, BRACING, FRACTURE, HIGH WIND, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100360106			Occupation Not Listed
2	100360098	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
3	100360098	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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