Inspection Detail

Inspection: 17406364 - Mid South Masonry, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Birmingham Area Office

Investigation Summary

Employee #1 and two coworkers, all bricklayers, were building a brick wall along the inside edge of the ground floor of a parking deck. Another contractor's crew was removing ceiling forms three floors above them. A member of that crew was sent down to warn the bricklayers that some pieces of formwork could fall and to keep out of the danger area. Following the warning, the bricklayers stopped work. After a while, Employee #1 yelled and asked if the crew was through with their work. Because there was no response, he and his coworkers believed the danger was over and went back to work. A few minutes later, Employee #1 was leaning his head over the brick wall when his hard hat was struck by an 8 ft piece of 4 by 4 formwork. He was killed.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, HEAD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, COMMUNICATION