Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200556843 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Ceiling

Accident Summary Nr: 200556843 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 01/26/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
316288513	01/31/2012	1795	238910	J.B. Mouton, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:45 p.m. on January 26, 2012, a crew of five employees was working to demolish a storage closet measured approximately 9 ft. by 4 ft. by 12 ft. which is located on the third floor of a historic building. Employee # 1 and four other coworkers removed the plaster and the studs from the storage closet with the exception of two studs that remained attached to the retaining wall at the left side. Employee #1 and Employee # 2 start prying the secondary ceiling from the original ceiling with one of the studs that was removed from the structure earlier. The secondary ceiling came down and swung across one of the wires that was attached between the two ceilings and struck Employee # 1 crushing him between the wall/window and the ceiling portion that fell. The wall/window was located approximately 13 feet to the right from the storage closet.

Keywords: ANCHOR, CRUSHED, BOLT, CEILING PANEL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	316288513			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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