Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201362456 - Brick Wall Partially Collapses on Employee

Accident Summary Nr: 201362456 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 12/21/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306658071	12/22/2004	1799	238290	Arthur Robinson

Abstract: Employee #1, working for her employer in Clarksdale, MS, was laboring in the demolishing of an old cotton compress building. At the time of the incident, the roof of the building had been removed, Employee #1 and several coworkers were cleaning old bricks while the employer was operating a forklift to tear down a brick wall. The employer drove the forklift with a pallet containing bricks to the opposite side of the same wall where Employee #1 was located. As the employer lowered the pallet of bricks, 15 to 20 bricks from the wall collapsed, falling on Employee #1's head. Employee #1 was killed as a result of her injury.

Keywords: HEAD, WALL, DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, BRICK, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306658071			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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