Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200150753 - Employee Killed When Ceiling Collapsed

Accident Summary Nr: 200150753 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 02/13/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304681224	02/13/2003	1795	238910	Gramercy Group, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was the foreman of a crew demolishing the interior of a movie theater. Employee #1 was struck by the suspended sheetrock ceiling when it collapsed. Employee #1 sustained blunt impact injuries to his abdomen and died. Employee #1 crawled out from beneath the sheetrock ceiling indicating that he was not crushed by it. No one witnessed the accident and it is not clear how Employee #1 sustained his injury. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, DEMOLITION, SUSPENDED CEILING, COLLAPSE, CEILING, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	35	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304681224			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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