Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200002202 - Employee Is Killed During Bridge Demolition

Accident Summary Nr: 200002202 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 06/03/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309706364	06/03/2006	1622	237310	Apac Kansas, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on a bridge during its demolition. A trackhoe was chipping the concrete away from the steel girders, while two employees were using torches to cut the rebar. The bridge structure collapsed at the point where the trackhoe was chipping the concrete away. Employee #1 fell and was killed when his car, which was parked on the bridge, fell on top of him.

Keywords: DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, EXCAVATOR, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Demolition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309706364			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Cutting concrete pavement Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by highway vehicle

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