Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200000412 - Employee killed when brick wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200000412 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 10/16/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300006103	10/20/1997	1541	0	Copeland Development & Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was bracing an unstable brick wall that his employer was in the process of demolishing when the wall collapsed on top of him. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WALL, DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, BRACING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		Under $50,000	1	9	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300006103			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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