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Accident Summary Nr: 124156.015 - One employee is killed and another receives leg injuries whe

Accident Summary Nr: 124156.015 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 02/20/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1464148.015	02/20/2020		238910	Cole Partners Inc.

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on February 20, 2020, Employee 1 and Employee 2 were working to demolish a three-story warehouse. Employee 1 was cutting rebar on a concrete beam with a torch while a chipping machine cut another concrete beam that were connected by one piece of rebar. When the cutting machine cut through the concrete beam, it began to fall and caused the concrete beam being cut by Employee 1 to strike him. Employee 1 was killed and Employee 2 received unspecified leg injuries and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Beam, Concrete Beam, Cutting, Demolition, Falling Object, Leg, Rebar, Struck By

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition			4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1464148.015	50	M	Fatality		Equipment Operator: Heavy	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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