Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201404167 - Four employees injured when wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201404167 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 07/12/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127020121	07/12/2000	1751	0	Auger Built Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 through #4 were raising a section of a prefabricated wall at a condominium under construction when the connection point for the lifting device failed and the wall collapsed on top of them. All four employees sustained multiple contusions and abrasions, for which they were hospitalized.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WALL, HOISTING MECHANISM, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ABRASION, STRUCK BY, CONTUSION

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127020121	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	127020121	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
3	127020121	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
4	127020121	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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