Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200331445 - Concrete Section Falls And Kills Employee

Accident Summary Nr: 200331445 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 05/14/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307615682	05/14/2004	1799	238990	Edsons Construction, Llc

Abstract: An employee (the employer) was cutting a door opening through a concrete foundation wall. The employee was cutting the opening on the outside of the foundation wall. Employee #1 was inside the building and was vacuuming up the water used during the cutting. The cut section of the foundation wall fell backwards into the building and struck and killed Employee #1.

Keywords: CONCRETE SLAB, WALL, 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	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307615682			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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