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Accident Summary Nr: 601377 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED WHEN WALL FELL ON HIM

Accident Summary Nr: 601377 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/17/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106315450	05/18/1988	1731	0	Blackwelder & Associates Electric Co., Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106315468	05/18/1988	1741	0	Weber & Tucker Masonry, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106315443	05/18/1988	1542	0	Cenvill Properties, Incorporated

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE WAS STRUCK BY A MASONRY WALL. THE CONCRETE BLOCK WALL WAS SUPPORTED BY A POURED CONCRETE BEAM, 11 FEET HIGH, 2 FEET WIDE, AND 22 FEET LONG. A SECOND CONCRETE WALL RAN PARALLEL TO THE FIRST. BOTH WALLS WERE EIGHT COURSES HIGH (APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET) AND EIGHT INCHES WIDE. A SPACE OF EIGHT INCHES SEPARATED THE TWO BLOCK WALLS. ALTHOUGH NO VERTICAL REINFORCEMENT OR LATERAL SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED, A CONCRETE CREW DETERMINED THAT THE SPACE SHOULD BE FILLED WITH CONCRETE. WHILE THE CONCRETE WAS BEING PUMPED INTO THE CAVITY, ONE COMPLETE SECTION OF THE WALL BLEW OUT AND CRUSHED EMPLOYEE #1 (AN ELECTRICIAN) WHO WAS WORKING DIRECTLY BELOW THE COLLAPSING WALL.

Keywords: WALL, WORK RULES, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106315450	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	106315468			Occupation Not Listed
3	106315443			Occupation Not Listed

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