Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 200674729 - Employee Killed When Crushed By Concrete Slab

**Accident: 200674729 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 02/19/2004**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
307295964	02/20/2004	1771	St. Johns Rebar & Erection, Co.

At approximately 5:00 p.m. on February 19, 2004, an employee and a coworker were positioning a precast concrete slab on the second story of a motel. The slab weighed approximately 4,500 pounds. The slab tilted while the workers were standing on top of it. The employee was killed when the concrete slab fell on top of him. The coworker was able to jump to safety.

Keywords: concrete slab, construction, crushed, precast, struck by, falling object, concrete, unstable load

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	307295964			Fatality	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	FallDist: FallHt:8 Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks FatCause: Fall, other

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