Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 84209.015 - Employee is killed when wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 84209.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 04/04/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1137625.015	04/05/2016		236210	Frazier-Simplex, Inc

Abstract: At 4:30 p.m. on April 4, 2016, an employee along with other coworkers were tearing down the outside refractory wall from inside the regenerator with pneumatic chipping hammers and pry bars. The employee was removing the refractory brick from the target wall when part of the crown fell down into the regenerator. The employee was killed when the crown (ceiling) of a regenerator partially collapsed. The employee was buried by the crown brick. The employee sustained blunt force injury to the head with a brain injury, according to the coroner's report.

Keywords: Brain, Ceiling, Collapse, Crushing, Demolition, Falling Object, Head, Masonry Wall, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1137625.015	52	M	Fatality		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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