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Accident: 14454243 - Crushed By Falling Cement Block Wall

Accident: 14454243 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/15/1984
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
264460711/16/19841711Iowa Mechanical Inc
THE EMPLOYEE WAS DELIVERING DRILL BITS TO HIS EMPLOYER'S JOB SITE. HE WAS WALKING NORTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED CONCRETE BLOCK WALL, 23' HIGH X 90' LONG, RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH. A SUDDEN GUST OF WIND BLEW DOWN THE WALL, CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE. THE BRACING WAS IN PLACE WHEN THE WALL WAS COMPLETED, BUT HAD BEEN REMOVED.
Keywords: wall, collapse, crushed, concrete block
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 2644607 Fatality Other Truck drivers, light

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