Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201042934 - One Is Killed and Two Are Injured in Housing Wall Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 201042934 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 01/26/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310429311	01/26/2007	1741	238140	Champion Masonry, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310429329	01/26/2007	1521	236115	Centex Homes

Abstract: On January 26, 2007, Employees #1, #2, and #3 were performing masonry work for Centex Homes at a single family housing project. They were cleaning debris in an excavation next to an existing 6-foot concrete wall, when the existing wall collapsed. Employee #1 was crushed and killed; his death was due to a head injury. Employees #2 and #3 were hospitalized. Employee #2 sustained an injury to a hip, and Employee #3 sustained an injury to his upper arm.

Keywords: HEAD, WALL, HIP, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, ARM, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	6	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310429311	Hospitalized injury	Other	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	310429311	Hospitalized injury	Other	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
3	310429311	Fatality	Other	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
4	310429329			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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