Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201406238 - Employee Killed When Struck by Falling Brick

Accident Summary Nr: 201406238 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 07/31/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127197572	07/31/2002	1711	0	Nedrow Refractories

Abstract: On July 31, 2002, Employee #1 and coworkers were in the bottom of a new kiln, moving and installing refractory bricks. The overhead hatch was open. They were stacking the approximately 18 lb bricks onto a lifting device when a brick dropped 120 ft from a scaffold and through the hatch, striking Employee #1 on the head. He was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, KILN, UNSECURED, HATCH, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000		120	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127197572			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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