Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14194013 - Employee injured when struck by falling cinder block wall

Accident Summary Nr: 14194013 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 02/27/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2862696	02/28/1985	1741	0	Minor And Gillions Masonry

Abstract: Employee #1 was moving scaffolding while on the second deck of a townhouse under construction. He was 5 ft from a 32 ft long by 8 in. thick cinder block wall, the last 9 ft of which had just been laid and was green. The wall, which was 16 ft 1 in. at its highest point, fell and struck Employee #1. He sustained a laceration to the left side of his head and a fractured bone in his left foot. Causal factors include strong winds and an unbraced wall. Employee #1, who has worked as a laborer for over five years, was not issued a protective helmet.

Keywords: HEAD, HIGH WIND, HARD HAT, WALL, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2862696			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Construction laborers

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