OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #849372
U.S. DISMANTLEMENT CORP.
CHICAGO, IL·
Event description
Employee dies after pinned under rubble in wall collapse
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:45 p.m. on May 5, 1989, Employee #1 was working on a demolit ion site, cleaning and stacking house brick salvaged from the structures being d emolished. He was working adjacent to a brick wall about 1 story high. It was a windy day and, according to coworkers on the site, the top 3 or 4 ft section of the wall collapsed on top of Employee #1. A heavy I-beam above a window frame fe ll with the wall section and pinned the employee under the rubble. He sustained a severe head laceration and was extricated from the rubble. Employee #1 was rus hed to a hospital, where he died of his injuries.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 34 Male
- Nature of injury
- Cut/Laceration (7)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- BUILDINGS/STRUCTURES (8)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OVERHEAD MOVING/FALLING OBJ AC (6)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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