Accident Report Detail

Accident: 201380268 - Employee Crushed Due To Falling Wall

**Accident: 201380268 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 06/17/1999**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
302774583	06/17/1999	1795	Terry Construction Inc. .

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on June 17, 1999, an owner and operator of a Link Belt 2800 Excavator was working at an excavation site when a portion of a 4-story brick wall collapsed and landed on the excavator cab. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: construction, crushed, excavator, struck by, falling object

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition		$250,000 to $500,000	4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	302774583			Fatality	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Demolition FatCause: Collapse of structure

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