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Accident: 201573458 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Collapsing Wall

**Accident: 201573458 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 04/30/2008**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
311903371	04/30/2008	1799	Esa, Inc.

On April 30, 2008, Employee #1 was using a sludge hammer to knock down a 9-ft high cinder block, asbestos wall. He struck the wall near the bottom, causing the wall to collapse on him. Employee #1 was killed. He did not use scaffolding to access the upper parts of the wall first.

Keywords: head, wall, demolition, collapse, blocks, construction, concussion, asbestos, sludge, scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	1	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	311903371			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Demolition FatCause: Collapse of structure

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