Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14454920 - Employee killed by falling piece of concrete footing

Accident Summary Nr: 14454920 -- Report ID: 0728100 -- Event Date: 08/12/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101918068	08/13/1986	1521	0	Mike Washburn Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 and his employer were using a skid steer loader to dig out a new basement under a house and its concrete footings. Employee #1 was under an old footing when it broke loose, pushing him to the ground. His head and upper shoulders were crushed by a piece of falling concrete, killing him. No form of bracing or underpinning was being used. Inexperience may have contributed to this accident.

Keywords: FOOTINGS, HEAD, UNDERPINNING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, INEXPERIENCE, BRACING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101918068			Fatality	Other	Helpers, construction trades

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