Inspection Detail

Inspection: 303982177 - Phillips Way, Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 303982177

Report ID: 0352440

Date Opened: 10/03/2000

Site Address:
Phillips Way, Inc
421 Bloomsbury Avenue
Catonsville, MD 21228

Mailing Address:
11 J Gwynns Mill Court, Owings Mills, MD 21117

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1542

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/06/2000

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/06/2000

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100967371

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200965481

Event: 10/03/2000

Wall falls on employee

Employee #1, a laborer, was mixing concrete for the mason while standing on the ground when the 33.5-in.-section of the wall fell and struck him. The wall was 10 ft 1 in. high and 10 ft 9 in. long. Only the top 33.5 inches of the brick wall fell on the man. The wall had been erected approximately ten years prior. The masons were framing at an opening in the wall that had been cut out of both the brick and adjoining block wall to install a ventilator. The opening was cut in the brick wall 1.5 weeks prior to the accident. The opening was 15 in. by 10 ft 9 in. in the brick and was braced by 2 by 4s. The mason removed the braces to install a new course of block when the block wall slipped down 4 in., causing the brick wall to buckle. The section of brick wall that fell was not anchored to the block wall and there was no way for the mason to know this. The employee suffered a strained neck and a fracture of the hand.

Keywords: WALL, BLOCKS, BRICK, BRACE, STRUCK BY

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303982177			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers

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