Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 849372 - Employee dies after pinned under rubble in wall collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 849372 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 05/05/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103332193	05/11/1989	1795	0	U.S. Dismantlement Corp.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103332219	05/12/1989	1793	0	Bricks Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 12:45 p.m. on May 5, 1989, Employee #1 was working on a demolition site, cleaning and stacking house brick salvaged from the structures being demolished. He was working adjacent to a brick wall about 1 story high. It was a windy day and, according to coworkers on the site, the top 3 or 4 ft section of the wall collapsed on top of Employee #1. A heavy I-beam above a window frame fell with the wall section and pinned the employee under the rubble. He sustained a severe head laceration and was extricated from the rubble. Employee #1 was rushed to a hospital, where he died of his injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, WALL, DEMOLITION, LACERATION, BEAM, COLLAPSE, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103332193			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
2	103332219					Occupation Not Listed

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