Laborer, Pipefitter, and Utility Foreman Crushed by Falling Block Wall - Tennessee: FACE 2014-02

Details

• Personal Author:
  Lincoln, Jennifer E.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program
• Description:
  On April 18, 2013, a 24-year-old Hispanic laborer and a 37-year-old Hispanic pipefitter were crushed by a falling block wall when it failed ; they died immediately of their injuries. A 46-year-old utility foreman was also injured in the incident. At the time of the incident, the laborer was applying caulking to the expansion joints of a block wall, and the pipefitter and the utility foreman were installing piping for the building's sprinkler system in a trench next to the block wall. A wind gust caused the block wall to fall onto the laborer, pipefitter, and utility foreman. The project superintendent called 911, and emergency medical services were dispatched and arrived at the incident within 4 minutes. The laborer and pipefitter were pronounced dead at the scene, and the utility foreman was airlifted to a local hospital.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Crush Injuries
  • Construction Industry
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • OSHA Region 4
  • Injuries
  • Traumatic injuries
  • Work operations
  • Work practices
  • Training
  • Work areas
  • Safety monitoring
  • Safety practices
  • Safety education
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All ; Construction ; Hispanic ; Hispanic - Construction ; Foreign Born Workers ; Trenching
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE201402revised062020
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Tennessee ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  19 pdf pages
• Volume:
  2014
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20060663
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2021-100201
• Citation:
  Morgantown, : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  2013/04/18
• Resource Number:
  FACE 2014-02
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167244/cdc_167244_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.75 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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