Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100559178 - One Employee Is Killes, Another Is Injured by Wall Frame

Accident Summary Nr: 100559178 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 09/15/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313026577	09/21/2009	1742	238310	Felipe Dominguez

Abstract: At approximately 3:15 p.m. on September 15, 2009, Employees #1 and #2 were working for the drywall subcontractor at the construction site of a new bank building. Five workers from Priola Construction, the general contractor, were manually raising a wooden wall frame that was 14 feet high and 65 feet long. The weight of the wall frame was approximately 1,300 pounds. The wall was raised to waist high, but additional help was needed to lift it higher. Employees #1 and #2, and other workers went to assist and raised the wall to an overhead height. Before the wall was raised into a vertical position, a gust of wind pushed the frame wall down. Employees #1 and #2 were struck by the wall and pinned between it and the concrete slab. Both employees were transported to the hospital where Employee #1 was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. Employee #2 was hospitalized for six days for hip surgery.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, WALL, PINNED, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, HIP

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$250,000 to $500,000	14	140	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	313026577			Fatality	Concussion	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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