Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14325526 - Employee killed when crushed by collapsed floor

Accident Summary Nr: 14325526 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 11/19/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107156994	11/20/1990	1795	0	Noralco Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was on the second floor of a four-story building that his employer had been contracted to tear down. He had burned partially through a steel beam but it did not collapse. When he went back to burn further through it, the third floor collapsed onto him, killing him.

Keywords: DEMOLITION, BUILDING COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, CUTTING AND BURNING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107156994			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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