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Accident Summary Nr: 154385.015 - Employee dies, four others are injured when brick wall colla

Accident Summary Nr: 154385.015 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 03/07/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1655014.015	03/07/2023		238910	Rjb Contracting Carting Co.

Abstract: At 12:50 p.m. on March 7, 2023, five employees were demolishing a brick wall with demolition hammers at the rear of a building on the second floor. The brick wall collapsed onto Employee #1, which caused the floor to collapse to the first floor trapping him under construction materials and debris. Employee #2, Employee #3, Employee #4 and Employee #5 fell on top of the collapsed structure as a result and all were hospitalized with serious injuries. Employee #2 sustained a laceration, Employee #3 sustained left knee and hip injuries, Employee #4 sustained abrasions to his left face and head and Employee #5 sustained unspecified injuries. Employee #1 died due multiple blunt force trauma injuries.

Keywords: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brick, Building, Building Collapse, Caught In, Collapse, Commercial Building, Construction, Crushed, Debris, Demolition, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor, Hammer , Hand Tool, Head, Hip, Knee, Laceration, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Structural Collapse, Trapped, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1655014.015	38	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:
2	1655014.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:
3	1655014.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:
4	1655014.015	64	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:
5	1655014.015	50	M	Hospitalized injury	Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 10 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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