Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14418792 - Employee killed when crushed under air conditioning unit

Accident Summary Nr: 14418792 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 03/14/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115981615	03/15/1994	1711	0	A.D. Jacobson Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 2:40 p.m. on March 14, Employee #1, who was positioned at the northwest corner of an air conditioning unit, was helping to walk the unit to a raised concrete pad. The unit, which weighed 3,950 lb, was rigged with slings that were attached to a 1 ton chain hoist and threaded through an eyebolt embedded in the ceiling. The unit was raised approximately 60 to 80 degrees when the eyebolt in the ceiling pulled out, causing the unit to fall onto Employee #1. He suffered crushing trauma to his entire body and died.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CRUSHED, BOLT, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115981615			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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