OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14278915
STAMFORD HOUSE WRECKING CO.
NEW HAVEN, CT·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED BY COLLAPSING BRICK WALL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A SHALLOW TRENCH ALONGSIDE A BRICK WALL. THE WALL SUD DENLY COLLAPSED ONTO HIM. HE DIED OF A CRUSHED CHEST.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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