Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200031045 - Employee killed when struck by falling debris

Accident Summary Nr: 200031045 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 08/01/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303121941	08/01/2000	1751	0	Petr Lehocky Dba Leho Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 and his father were both employed by a developer who had purchased a three-story apartment building to be turned into condominiums. Approximately four months before the accident, Employee #1 and a crew of temporary workers had gutted the building to the extent possible. The city of Chicago then revoked the building permit because the developer had worked outside the limits of the issued permit. After the revocation, Employee #1, his father, and several temporary workers visited the site approximately every two weeks to place plywood over the windows and doors and to maintain a chain link fence around the property. On the day of the accident, Employee #1 was repairing the fence while his father and three coworkers were moving in and out of the building as they boarded up windows and installed a door. At some point, the roof and three floors of the building collapsed. Employee #1 was struck by falling debris and was killed.

Keywords: ROOF COLLAPSE, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, COLLAPSE, BUILDING COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303121941			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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