Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 158367.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by collapsed tower

Accident Summary Nr: 158367.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 06/15/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1677340.015	06/15/2023		238910	Los Torres Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 8:15 a.m. on June 15, 2023, an employee was demolishing a cooling tower located on the roof of a building with an angle grinder. The employee cut away one angle iron and began to cut a second angle iron when the cooling tower began to fall. As he ran towards the cooling tower, the tower collapsed onto him, he sustained unspecified crushing head injuries. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Collapse, Cooling Tower, Crushed, Demolition, Falling Object, Head, Struck By, Support Posts

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1677340.015	33	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause:

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