Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 981555 - Employee killed when struck by collapsing wall

Accident Summary Nr: 981555 -- Report ID: 0257210 -- Event Date: 07/22/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300917051	07/24/1997	1521	0	Ramon Rosa Muriel

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on July 22, 1997, Employee #1, a carpenter, and a coworker were at the south side of a house under construction, making a concrete column to fasten a block wall. The employee was going to measure the wooden form for the column and stepped on a wooden scaffold that had been constructed for this job. He had just asked the coworker for a wooden form to nail up for the column when the block wall fell down on him. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he died.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, WALL, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, CONCRETE BLOCK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300917051			Fatality	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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