Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14542971 - One employee killed, one injured when wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 14542971 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 12/26/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1202175	12/26/1984	1799	0	Chambers And Associates

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were working from atop a 24 ft high, poorly braced wall, while a crew was cleaning on the opposite side of the wall. The crew was using a truck to lift a pallet of concrete blocks when the blocks touched the bracing and caused the wall to collapse. Both employees fell with the wall; Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 was injured..

Keywords: WALL, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, BRACING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1202175			Fatality	Concussion	Carpenter apprentices
2	1202175			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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