Inspection Detail

Inspection: 306658071 - Arthur Robinson

Inspection Information - Office: Jackson Area Office

Inspection Nr: 306658071

Report ID: 0419400

Date Opened: 12/22/2004

Site Address:
Arthur Robinson
13th Street And Sunflower Street
Clarksdale, MS 38614

Mailing Address:
350 Bolivar Street, Clarksdale, MS 38614

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1799

NAICS: 238290/Other Building Equipment Contractors

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: No Insp/10 or Fewer Empe

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/30/2004

Emphasis: S:Construction Fatalities

Case Closed: 02/28/2005

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101363661

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201362456

Event: 12/21/2004

Brick Wall Partially Collapses on Employee

Employee #1, working for her employer in Clarksdale, MS, was laboring in the demolishing of an old cotton compress building. At the time of the incident, the roof of the building had been removed, Employee #1 and several coworkers were cleaning old bricks while the employer was operating a forklift to tear down a brick wall. The employer drove the forklift with a pallet containing bricks to the opposite side of the same wall where Employee #1 was located. As the employer lowered the pallet of bricks, 15 to 20 bricks from the wall collapsed, falling on Employee #1's head. Employee #1 was killed as a result of her injury.

Keywords: HEAD, WALL, DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, BRICK, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306658071			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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