Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200512689 - Employee killed when crushed by falling steel pipe

Accident Summary Nr: 200512689 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 09/20/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304799232	09/21/2001	1522	0	Washington Lofts Llc

Abstract: On September 20, 2001, Employee #1 was on a ladder removing the main hot water boiler pipe from the third floor of a building that was being demolished. The steel pipe had a 40 ft vertical main section that ran between floors and a 6-ft long horizontal stub. The 40 ft long vertical section of pipe was not supported. When Employee #1 disconnected the pipe, the 40-ft section fell and the 6-ft section struck the ladder on which he was standing. This caused the vertical section to rotate a quarter turn counter-clockwise, knocking Employee #1 off the ladder. The 6-ft section of pipe then fell on top of him. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

Keywords: DEMOLITION, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, BOILER, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALL, PIPE, STRUCK BY, 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		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304799232			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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