Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201780699 - Employee is killed when crushed by concrete slab

Accident Summary Nr: 201780699 -- Report ID: 0935000 -- Event Date: 07/19/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113612568	07/21/2004	1542	236220	D & J Equipment

Abstract: Employee #1 was using the front-end shovel of a four-wheel loader to lift a concrete slab from the roof of an existing, detached, single family home. The contractor was adding a concrete slab carport to the existing home. The loader had set the slab on the ground and Employee #1 was removing the chain sling from the slab when he was crushed between the slab and the shovel of the loader. He was killed.

Keywords: CHAIN, CONCRETE SLAB, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, LOADER, STRUCK BY, SLING, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Demolition		Under $50,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113612568			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Unloading-loading equipment/material (except by cr

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