Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201380052 - Employee killed when struck by concrete slab

Accident Summary Nr: 201380052 -- Report ID: 0214500 -- Event Date: 01/08/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301051967	01/08/1997	1622	0	78 Construction Corp.

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on January 8, 1997, Employee #1 was walking on a path between a cement mixing area and a water pond. Adjacent to his path was an approximately 7 to 10 ft high stockpile of roadway debris that had formed as a loader operator was moving and dumping material from one stockpile to another stockpile adjacent to the path. While Employee #1 was behind the stockpile and out of view, the loader operator dropped a 77 in. long by 51 in. wide by 6.5 in. thick slab of concrete roadway out of its raised bucket. The concrete slab either fell directly onto Employee #1 or hit the pile and then fell onto him, trapping his entire body. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: CONCRETE SLAB, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, EARTHMOVING EQUIP, LOADER, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301051967			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing culverts and incidental drainage Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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