Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 109120.015 - Employee Is Struck And Killed When Barn Collapses

**Accident: 109120.015 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 09/13/2018**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1346216.015	09/13/2018		Suydam & Sons General Contractors

At 9:45 a.m. on September 13, 2018, an employee was assisting in the dismantling of a barn. As the employee was using a chainsaw to cut the overhead section of the barn floor, a forklift was lifting a precut section. During work, the overhe ad floor collapsed and trapped the employee and coworkers beneath the debris. T he employee suffered a broken neck and was killed. However, the other coworkers survived with only one sustaining a laceration to the back of his head.

Keywords: collapse, head, neck, roof, struck by

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		Demolition			4	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1346216.015	55	M	Fatality		FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Demolition FatCause:

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