Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200604049 - Employee Is Ejected from Aerial and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 200604049 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 07/30/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311314827	07/30/2008	1795	238910	Stomper Demolition Co., Inc.

Abstract: On July 30, 2008, Employee #1 was working with a coworker on an elevated aerial lift beneath a bridge when a girder fell onto the boom of the aerial lift and sent the two employees attached to the aerial lift to the ground. Employee #1 was ejected from the basket of the aerial lift and sent flying into oxygen tanks mounted on the back of their service truck. Employee #1 was pronounced dead at the site by the justice of the peace. The original accident report made no mention of the type or extent of the injuries of the other employee.

Keywords: EJECTED, GIRDER, BOOM, STRUCK AGAINST, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TANK, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Bridge		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000		60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311314827			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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