Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 630178 - Employee killed when struck by falling bricks

Accident Summary Nr: 630178 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 04/18/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
806026	04/18/1986	1795	0	Philadelphia Wrecking Company

Abstract: Employee #1, of the Philadelphia Wrecking Co., Inc., was standing approximately 20 ft away from a wall of a two-story brick building that the company was demolishing. Three of the walls had been taken down. The remaining wall was adjacent to another building. A Caterpillar front end loader was compacting the rubble when a section of the remaining standing wall gave way and fell. The falling bricks struck and killed Employee #1.

Keywords: WALL, DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, BRICK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	806026			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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