Accident Report Detail

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Accident: 14508907 - Employee Killed When Crushed By Falling Concrete Slab

**Accident: 14508907 -- Report ID: 0316300 -- Event Date: 07/29/1993**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
17704297	07/29/1993	1542	B And H Sales Corporation
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
17704289	07/29/1993	1541	Blue Ridge General Inc.
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
17704305	07/28/1993	3731	Us Department Of Navy - Roicc

Employee #1 was demolishing brick veneer from the outside wall of a dormitory at the Norfolk Naval Yard in Portsmouth, VA. When the support bricks were removed, the overhead concrete exit patio collapsed, causing a 2,000 to 3000 lb overhead concrete patio slab to fall onto Employee #1. His upper body was crushed and he was killed.

Keywords: collapse, torso, struck by, concrete slab, demolition, construction, crushed, falling object

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	17704297	Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	17704289			Occupation Not Listed
3	17704305			Occupation Not Listed

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