Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170872147 - One employee killed, two injured, when building collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170872147 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 01/13/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125773564	01/14/1998	1611	0	Mcm Construction

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3 were assigned to level and finish the installation of false work at a construction site. They were under a main beam, using a 12 ton jack to raise the structure, when the building collapsed on them. Employee #1 was killed; Employee #2 fractured three ribs and sustained a serious chest contusion; and Employee #3 sustained minor injuries to his left hand and returned to work after three days. The accident was caused either by failure of the jack casing or by disintegration of the base wood.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, INSTALLING, COLLAPSE, BUILDING COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY, JACK, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	23	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125773564	Fatality	Concussion	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	125773564	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
3	125773564	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Helpers, construction trades	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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