Accident Report Detail
Accident: 126344.015 - Employee Is Struck In Head With Masonry Brick, Later Dies
Accident: 126344.015 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 05/20/2020 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1475998.015 | 05/22/2020 | C.D. Smith Construction, Inc. | |||||
At 7:30 a.m. on May 20, 2020, an employee was working to clear out a section of existing wall to lay brick in an opening left where some equipment was removed. At some point, a six foot high by six foot long section of wall above the employee came loose. One of the falling bricks struck the employee's head, who was wearing a hard hat at the time. The employee was hospitalized for two days for severe blunt force trauma to the head and later died of the injuries sustained. | |||||||
Keywords:
struck by, falling object, head, hard hat, brick, blunt force trauma
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Other building | Alteration or rehabilitation | 1 | 12 | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1475998.015 | 35 | M | Hospitalized injury | Other | Brickmasons and stonemasons | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |