Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 644104 - 2 employees killed, 7 others injured by falling wall

Accident Summary Nr: 644104 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 03/23/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17774050	03/23/1990	5651	0	Century 21 Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17774019	03/23/1990	1541	0	Vertex Construction Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17774001	03/23/1990	1741	0	Thomas O'Donohue, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17774050	03/23/1990	5651	0	Century 21 Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17774001	03/23/1990	1741	0	Thomas O'Donohue, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1, #2, and #3 were on the roof of a warehouse and Employees #4 through #9 were on the ground when an adjoining concrete block wall approximately 20 ft tall collapsed onto the warehouse roof. The wall, part of a second story addition to the warehouse, was not braced. Employee #1, a mason, and Employee #4, a warehouse worker, were killed. Employees #2 and #3 sustained multiple fractures and were hospitalized. Employees #5 through #9 sustained multiple bruises, contusions, and abrasions and were hospitalized.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, STRUCK BY, WALL, UNSECURED, WAREHOUSE, WORK RULES, CONTUSION, FRACTURE, ROOF

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17774050	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	17774050	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
3	17774019			Occupation Not Listed
4	17774001	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
5	17774001	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
6	17774001	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
7	17774001	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
8	17774050	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
9	17774001	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
10	17774001	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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