OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14443840
E H GLOVER INC
MANASSAS PARK, VA—
Event description
Eight employees injured when block wall toppled by wind
Investigation abstract
On March 12, 1985, Employees #1 through #8, bricklayers and laborers, were worki ng on an interior wall when a 22 ft by 95 ft section of an outside wall collapse d during extremely high winds. All eight employees sustained injuries that requi red hospitalization. A high wind warning had been in effect all day and some gus ts had exceeded 60 mph. At Dulles International Airport, 10 miles to the north, a gust of 54 mph was recorded, while Baltimore-Washington International Airport recorded a gust of 60 mph.
Victims (9)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 567
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#2 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#3 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 553
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#4 Hospitalized Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#5 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#6 Hospitalized Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#7 Non-hospitalized injury Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 563
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#8 Hospitalized Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
-
#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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