Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170900310 - Employee killed when steel stairway collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170900310 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 02/11/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126096577	02/11/1997	1795	0	J. Jimenez And M. Jimenez Dba J&J Concrete Cutting

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11, 1997, Employee #1 was using a torch to cut down a steel stairway in a cellar. The stairway was loaded with demolition debris and it collapsed on top of him. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. Apparently, the supports at the first floor at the upper end of the stairway had sometime earlier been torch-cut by another contractor.

Keywords: STAIR, DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, HOUSEKEEPING, CUTTING AND BURNING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126096577			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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