Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201953080 - Employee suffers multiple injuries after roof collapsed

Accident Summary Nr: 201953080 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 11/19/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304959257	11/21/2001	1795	0	Industrial Trading, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was engaged in demolition preparation to pull down a 45-ft by 55-ft-long concrete and steel structured wall. No lateral bracing had been installed on the cutting structure from the adjoining wall. The concrete and steel roof section collapsed on Employee #1 was cutting the west of the wall from the existing structure from an aerial lift. The concrete and steel drove the Employee #1 and the aerial basket to the ground. Employee #1 suffered two broken arms, lacerations to the face and hands, a broken left-wrist, and both legs were broken at the femur.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, DEMOLITION, STEEL, COLLAPSE, LACERATION, ARM, BRACING, LEG, WRIST

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition		$250,000 to $500,000	4	45

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304959257			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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