Brick Layers Workers Compensation Report
- Attendees
- meter@bmerhbfc
- Colin Kemp 7K76 BNR
- Author
- Colin Kemp 7K76 BNR
- Summary
For your information:
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To: Paul (P.J.) Demers (BNR) Dept 7X85-M SKY
Colin (C.) McAdorey (BNR) Dept 7X85 SKY
Colin (C.W.) Kemp (BNR) Dept 7X85 SKY
James (J.L.) Beuerman (BNR) Dept 7X85 SKY
Jian (J.) Song (BNR) Dept 7I93 SKY
Alex (G.A.) Jones (BNR) Dept 7I94 SKY
Umit (U.) Kalkan (BNR) Dept 7X85 SKY
Greg (G.) Farnsworth (BNR) Dept 7X85 SKY
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You may have seen this before, but it's worth a second read - it sounds
more like a scene out of bad movie than a real-life account.
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> This is a bricklayer's accident report that was printed in the
> newsletter of the English equivalent of the Workers' Compensation
> Board. So here, thanks to John Sedgwick, is this Bricklayer's report.
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>
> Dear Sir;
>
> I am writing in response to your request for additional information in
> Block #3 of the accident reporting form. I put "Poor Planning" as the
> cause of my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust
> the following details will be sufficient.
>
> I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the accident, I was working
> alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my
> work, I found I had some bricks left over which when weighed later
> were found to weigh 240 lbs. Rather than carry the bricks down by
> hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley which was
> attached to the side of the building at the sixth floor.
>
> Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the
> barrel out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied
> the rope, holding it tightly to insure a slow descent of the 240 lbs
> of bricks. You will note on the accident reporting form that my
> weight is 135 lbs.
>
> Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost
> my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to
> say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building.
>
> In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel which was now
> proceeding downward at an equally impressive speed. This explains the
> fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collarbone, as listed
> in Section 3, accident reporting form.
>
> Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until
> the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley
> which I mentioned in Paragraph 2 of this correspondence. Fortunately
> by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold
> tightly to the rope, in spite of the excruciating pain I was now
> beginning to experience.
>
> At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the
> ground-and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the
> weight of the bricks, the barrel weighed approximately 50 lbs.
> I refer you again to my weight. As you might imagine, I began a rapid
> descent down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third
> floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounts for the two
> fractured ankles, broken tooth and severe lacerations of my legs and
> lower body.
>
> Here my luck began to change slightly. The encounter with the barrel
> seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell into the
> pile of bricks and fortunately only three vertebrae were cracked.
>
> I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks,
> in pain, unable to move and watching the empty barrel six stories
> above me, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of
> the rope. And I lay there watching the empty barrel begin its journey
> back onto me.
>
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