Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14424311 - Employee killed when building collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 14424311 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 07/17/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100035351	07/18/1985	1795	0	James Thomas

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 and coworkers were salvaging bricks by removing them three rows at a time. An employee working near the center of the building installed a metal tool into an 8 to 10 ft section of the wall and then pulled on it. The wall fell in, causing the building to collapse. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 was injured.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100035351			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported
2	100035351			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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