Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200512754 - Employee Crushed By Falling Concrete

**Accident: 200512754 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 12/17/2001**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
304803927	12/17/2001	1771	Gresser Concrete Masonry

At approximately 8:35 a.m. on December 17, 2001, a 17,500 pound precast concrete panel broke loose from welded supports and dropped approximately 14 feet. An employee (not with the erection crew and from another company) working below the panel was crushed between the panel and a concrete slab below. The 21-foot 11-inch by 7-foot 11.5-inch panel apparently broke from the top weld, twisted outward, sheared the bottom welds and dropped. The panel bottom crushed the employee while the top of the panel landed on the employee's vehicle located approximately 10 feet away. The impact ignited a fire in the vehicle. Fire and rescue units arrived on the scene to extricate the employee and extinguish the fire. The employee was pronounced dead upon the arrival of a Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

Keywords: concrete slab, concrete panel, crushed, fall, concrete

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	38	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	304803927			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA