Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 119113.015 - Employee is killed when struck by falling cable reel

Accident Summary Nr: 119113.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 08/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1424693.015	08/15/2019		238140	B Safe Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on August 15, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was cutting concrete masonry units as part of a multiemployer project, a new six-story commercial building. A steel cable reel fell from the fourth deck of the parking garage and struck the employee. Employee #1 sustained blunt force trauma to his head and body and was killed.

Keywords: Concrete Form Work, Construction, Falling Object, Head, Masonry Wall, Struck By, Torso

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			6	66	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1424693.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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