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Accident Summary Nr: 14561773 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES PINNED WHEN FOUNDATION WALL COLLAPSED

Accident Summary Nr: 14561773 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 06/27/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100196880	06/27/1986	1794	0	J. Ackies Masonry & Carpentry

Abstract: EMPLOYEES #1-4 WERE IN A NEWLY-DUG TRENCH 5 FEET DEEP AND 2 FEET WIDE ABUTTING AN ADJACENT BUILDING. FORMS WERE PLACED TO LOCATE CONCRETE FOOTING. THE FOUNDATION OF THE ADJACENT BUILDING GAVE WAY, COLLAPSING THE FOUNDATION WALL AND PINNING THE FOUR EMPLOYEES AGAINST THE WALL OF THE TRENCH. PART OF THE BRICK WALL OF THE BUILDING COLLAPSED ONTO THE CONCRETE SLAB. THE WORKERS WERE STANDING UPRIGHT WHEN CAUGHT. EMPLOYEE #4 ESCAPED. THE OTHERS WERE FREED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT USING PNEUMATIC TOOLS AND JACK HAMMERS. EMPLOYEES #2-4 WERE TREATED AT HOSPITALS AND RELEASED. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED FATAL INTERNAL INJURIES.

Keywords: WALL, COLLAPSE, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100196880	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	100196880	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.
3	100196880	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.
4	100196880	Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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