Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170579056 - Employee injured by falling wall

Accident Summary Nr: 170579056 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 11/08/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109305029	11/08/1995	1541	0	Benning Construction Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a scaffold platform attempting to tie a pilaster in position between a masonry block wall. The pilaster was suspended from the forks of a rough terrain forklift. When the operator of the forklift left the controls and the lift struck the masonry block wall, causing the wall to collapse onto Employee #1. He sustained multiple fractures and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WALL, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, UNMANNED, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109305029			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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