Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200526259 - Employee Struck By Falling Concrete Slab Suffers Amputation

**Accident: 200526259 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 02/28/2003**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
305714479	03/11/2003	1799	Aerosaw

Three employees were manually removing a section of a concrete wall. The wall section was approximately 5 ft by 10 ft and 18 in. thick. Employee #1 was hooking the wall section to a loader to pull it from the wall. The section fell pinning Employee #1 under the slab. Employee #1 suffered the amputation of his leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: concrete slab, amputated, demolition, pinned, construction, loader, struck by, falling object, leg

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5	60

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	305714479			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Demolition FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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