Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201405289 - Retaining wall collapses injuring several employees

Accident Summary Nr: 201405289 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 05/14/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127030633	05/14/2001	1741	0	Sweet Briar Landscaping

Abstract: Employee #1 was cleaning the bottom edge of retaining walls and working between two 8-ft-high, 30-ft-long retaining walls that were 7 ft apart. The east wall collapsed causing a fatal head injury to Employee #1. Five other employees were injured int the accident, and three of them were hospitalized.

Keywords: HEAD, COLLAPSE, CRUSHED, RETAINING WALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127030633	Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
2	127030633	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
3	127030633	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
4	127030633	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
5	127030633	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
6	127030633	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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