Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200200467 - Employee killed when caught under mobile home

Accident Summary Nr: 200200467 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 12/12/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300176781	02/02/1998	1799	0	Tri State Mobile Homes Sales And Transport

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on December 12, 1997, Employee #1 and three coworkers were constructing piers to set a 14 ft by 80 ft section of a doublewide mobile home. Each pier consisted of two hollow concrete masonry blocks, set in alternating directions and laid six to seven blocks high. They noticed that the last pier on the front left side, facing the home, had two or three cracked blocks. They positioned a 20 ton hydraulic jack on top of the third pier and replaced the cracked blocks under the end pier. They had just put pieces of wood between the pier and the frame of the mobile home when all of the front concrete block piers collapsed, causing the front section of the unit to topple over. The three coworkers were able to escape, but Employee #1 became caught half-way under the front edge of the mobile home. He died of asphyxia.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, INSTALLING, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, MOBILE HOME, CAUGHT BETWEEN, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Other		Under $50,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300176781			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming for piers or pylons Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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