Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200032563 - Employee killed when crushed by falling concrete planks

Accident Summary Nr: 200032563 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 12/12/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309027092	12/12/2005	1542	236220	Joseph J. Duffy Co.

Abstract: On December 12, 2005, Employee #1, a superintendent for the general contractor, and coworkers were at a residential property construction project that invovled a seven-story masonry wall and flexicore floor planks. The flexicore erection crew was working on the planks for the fifth floor. A plank had been raised to that floor that was out of the erection sequence, so the crew landed the piece atop two previously set flexicore planks that were above a window opening. When the crew removed the rigging from the plank, a portion of the masonry wall collapsed. This caused three planks to drop down to the third floor. As they fell, the planks crushed and killed Employee #1, who was working on the fourth floor. A coworker on the third floor was also killed when struck by the falling planks.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, WALL, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	7	70	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309027092			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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