Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14491484 - EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FALLING BRICK

Accident Summary Nr: 14491484 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 10/03/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101627750	10/03/1986	1711	0	Meadowlands Fire Protection Co. Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100198969	10/08/1986	1796	0	Schindler Elevator Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100198944	10/06/1986	1741	0	Saf La Sala Corporation

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES LEFT THE GROUND FLOOR OF A BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION. (THIS WAS EMPLOYEE #1'S FIRST DAY AT THE SITE.) THE THREE EMPLOYEES TOOK AN EXIT WHICH WAS NORMALLY BLOCKED BY A 20 CUBIC YARD TRASH CONTAINER. HOWEVER, AT THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT, THE TRASH CONTAINER WAS BEING REPLACED BY AN EMPTY ONE. NONE OF THE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE WEARING A HARD HAT. AS THE THREE WERE LEAVING THE BUILDING, TWO LABORERS, ON THE 23RD FLOOR, WERE MOVING SOME BRICKS WITH A "BRICK TONG" TOOL. THEY WERE MOVING A STACK OF SEVEN BRICKS TO THE FLOOR EDGE IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR USE ON A MULTIPLE POINT SUSPENSION SCAFFOLD WHICH HAD JUST BEEN RAISED TO THE 23RD FLOOR. THE SEVEN (7) BRICKS FELL FROM THE TONG, WHICH WAS BADLY BENT AND MISSHAPEN (DEFECTIVE). TWO (2) BRICKS BOUNCED BETWEEN THE FLOOR EDGE AND THE SCAFFOLD. ONE BRICK STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE HEAD, KILLING HIM. THERE WERE TWO (2) PROTECTED ENTRY/EXIT POINTS FROM THIS BUILDING WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN USED BY THE THREE EMPLOYEES.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, BRICK, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101627750	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	100198969			Occupation Not Listed
3	100198944			Occupation Not Listed

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