Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200850758 - Employee killed when crushed by staircase debris

Accident Summary Nr: 200850758 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 11/20/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300619335	11/23/1998	1795	0	Eagle Dismantling Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a crowbar to manually demolish a staircase from underneath with when the staircase collapsed on top of him. He was crushed and killed.

Keywords: STAIR, DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300619335			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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