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Accident Summary Nr: 14486757 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN ROOF COLLAPSE

Accident Summary Nr: 14486757 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 02/23/1988
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1754690402/29/198815420Tommy Young Construction, Co.

Abstract: FOUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE USING A JACKHAMMER TO BREAK UP A 15 BY 20 FOOT AREA OF A SUNDECK/ROOF ON A REINFORCED CONCRETE AND CINDERBLOCK GARAGE STRUCTURE. THE AREA THEY WERE WORKING ON WAS 4 INCHES THICK AND MADE OF CONCRETE AND RED TILE. THE WOODEN SUPPORT BEAMS UNDER THE SUNDECK/ROOF HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED. WHEN THE JACKHAMMER BROKE THROUGH THE CONCRETE, THE ROOF FRACTURED INTO SEVERAL LARGE PIECES, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEES TO FALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER SEVERAL LARGE CONCRETE SLABS. EMPLOYEE #2 SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS AND COMPOUND FRACTURES OF BOTH LEGS. THE OTHER TWO EMPLOYEES MANAGED TO GRAB THE SIDEWALLS OF THE STRUCTURE AND WERE NOT INJURED.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALL, LEG

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 17546904 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported
2 17546904 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported

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