Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200555480 - Employee Is Killed in Crushing Incident

Accident Summary Nr: 200555480 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 01/08/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311528970	01/08/2009	1542	236220	Buquet & Leblanc Inc.

Abstract: On January 8, 2009, Employee #1 was riding on top of a hoist for personnel and materials, when the site foreman yelled out for him to drop off plywood on the fifth floor. However, Employee #1 had difficulty hearing the foreman and leaned over the guardrail of the hoist, when his neck and head were crushed between the guardrail and the hoist wall bracket. Employee #1 died from his injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, GUARDRAIL, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, NECK, STRUCK BY, INATTENTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	6	70	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311528970			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Elevator (struck by elevator or counter-weights)

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