OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221543853

RJB CONTRACTING CARTING CO.

NEW YORK, NY— 2023-03-07T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brick, Building, Building Collapse, Caught In, Collapse, Commercial Building, Construction, Crushed, Debris, Demolition, Face, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor, Hammer, Hand Tool, Head, Hip, Knee, Laceration, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Structural Collapse, Trapped, Wall
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346550148
Employer profile: RJB CONTRACTING CARTING CO.
Summary number: 221543853
Report ID: 0215000
Project type: D
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee dies, four others are injured when brick wall colla

Investigation abstract

At 12:50 p.m. on March 7, 2023, five employees were demolishing a brick wall trauma injuries. with demolition hammers at the rear of a building on the second floor. The brick wall collapsed onto Employee #1, which caused the floor to collapse to the first floor trapping him under construction materials and debris. Employee #2, Employee #3, Employee #4 and Employee #5 fell on top of the collapsed structure as a result and all were hospitalized with serious injuries. Employee #2 sustained a laceration, Employee #3 sustained left knee and hip injuries, Employee #4 sustained abrasions to his left face and head and Employee #5 sustained unspecified injuries. Employee #1 died due multiple blunt force

Victims (5)

#1 Fatality Age 64 M

Event type
2

Fall distance
10
#2 Hospitalized Age 59 M

Event type
1

Fall distance
10
#3 Hospitalized Age 38 M

Event type
1

Fall distance
10
#4 Hospitalized Age 50 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
7010

Fall distance
10
#5 Hospitalized Age 59 M

Event type
1

Fall distance
10

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