Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201283074 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Third Floor

Accident Summary Nr: 201283074 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 11/12/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312523152	11/12/2008	1795	238910	Demon Demo, Inc.

Abstract: On November 12, 2008, Employee #1, a construction worker, and the coworkers were demolishing an escalator in an old department store. The day prior to the accident, the same employees disassembled the escalator by removing the motor, steps, wheels and related parts, remaining only the trusses. On the day of the accident, Employee #1 threw the steps from the third floor to the first one, so the steps could be loaded into a truck and transported off site. Employee #1 fell over the edge and was killed. He was working at an unprotected landing of the escalator on the third floor.

Keywords: LOADING, HEAD, DEMOLITION, STEPLADDER, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, ESCALATOR, FALL, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312523152			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 100 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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