Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 894063 - Employees injured when struck by collapsing cinderblock wall

Accident Summary Nr: 894063 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 01/04/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105722698	01/04/1990	1542	0	Hess Construction Co, Inc

Abstract: At approximately 1:00 p.m. on January 1, 1990, Employees #1 and #2 were erecting a polyethylene cover over an area being prepared for a poured concrete ground slab. One side of the polyethylene was attached to a freestanding 6-inch cinderblock wall 54 1/2 feet in length and 14 1/2 feet high. This section of wall had been erected 1 month earlier and was supported by vertical 2 by 10s and angled 2 by 4s. The 2 by 4s were removed in order to attach the polyethylene 7 feet high on the wall. A gust of wind filled the polyethylene cover, which ballooned and pulled the wall over onto Employees #1 and #2.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, COVER, WALL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, BRACING, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105722698			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	105722698			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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