Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125905.015 - Employee killed in concrete silo collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 125905.015 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 05/05/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1474222.015	05/05/2020		238910	Jdl Construction Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on May 5, 2020, an employee was operating an excavator (KOMATSU Model PC240LC, mid-size hydraulic excavator) to jackhammer the base of a concrete silo so that two coworkers operating undescribed heavy machinery with one inch cables attached to the silo to pull it down once freed from its base. As the employee was jackhammering the base, the silo collapsed and fell onto the employee's excavator. The employee received unspecified fatal injuries from the falling silo material and was killed.

Keywords: Collapse, Demolition, Equipment Operator, Excavator, Falling Object, Jackhammer, Machine operator, Silo, Struck By, Structural Collapse

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1474222.015	52	M	Fatality		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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