OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221526957

153342 - FRIENDS MASONRY CONSTRUCTION L.L.C

CHARLOTTE, NC— 2023-01-02T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collapse, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Multi-employer Worksite, Residential Construction
NAICS: 238140
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346414501
Employer profile: 153342 - FRIENDS MASONRY CONSTRUCTION L.L.C
Summary number: 221526957
Report ID: 0453730

Event description

Three employees are killed when work platform collapses

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 noon on January 2, 2023, five employees were working on a mast climbing work platform on the tenth floor of a new multi-unit residential building under construction when the platform collapsed and 3 employees fell approximately 70 feet from the tenth floor to the fourth floor. The employees died on the impact. The other two employees on the platform were rescued by the local fire department and transported to a medical center with non-life-threatening injuries.

Victims (3)

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
999
#2 Fatality Age 54 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
999
#3 Fatality Age 26 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
999

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