Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170900724 - One employee killed, one injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170900724 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 07/14/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120042544	07/14/1997	1795	0	William L Olson Inc

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were engaged in the demolition of a brick building. A concrete bonding beam that encircled the building at every level had to be broken into pieces and discarded. They were removing a 22 1/2 ft long by 14 in. thick by 30 in. tall piece of this beam to which were attached three 3/4 in. by 64 in. steel rods that tied into the wooden floor joists. As the 10,000 lb piece of concrete beam rolled off the building, one of the steel rods apparently caught the scaffold on which Employees #1 and #2 were standing. The side rails were pulled off and both workers fell to the ground. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 suffered a fractured right elbow.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, DEMOLITION, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ELBOW, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		Under $50,000	4	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	120042544			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	120042544			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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