Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200672830 - One employee killed, two injured in stairway collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 200672830 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 10/23/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303186209	10/23/2000	1795	0	Florida Dismantling, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 through #3 were part of a demolition crew removing a concrete stairway from a four-story building under renovation. They had finished chipping concrete at each stairway landing to expose the rebar for cutting when the stairway suddenly collapsed. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 sustained serious injuries, for which he was hospitalized; Employee #3 was treated for minor injuries and released. The stairway had been weakened by the chipping process.

Keywords: STAIR, DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STAIR LANDING, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over	4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303186209	Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	303186209	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
3	303186209	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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