Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 901892 - Employee Killed When Struck By Collapsing Wall

Accident Summary Nr: 901892 -- Report ID: 0355114 -- Event Date: 11/06/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305669749	11/06/2002	1541	0	R. Edward Daffan, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:30 p.m. on November 6, 2006, two employees of an excavation subcontractor left the worksite of a two-story warehouse under construction. At that time, the partially braced front masonry wall, (8-in.-wide by 160-ft long by 20-ft high was still standing. Concerned over personal equipment left at the site they returned 30 minutes later to fine about 80 ft of the front wall had collapsed. The employees retrieved their gear and were about to leave when they heard the ringing of a cell phone coming from under the pile of concrete blocks. Pulling away several of the 8-in. by 8-in. by 16-in concrete blocks they found Employee #1's body. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Keywords: WALL, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, CONCRETE BLOCK, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	20		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305669749			Fatality	Concussion	Supervisors, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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