Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202004594 - Staircase Collapses Killing Employee

Accident Summary Nr: 202004594 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 02/16/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307023143	02/16/2005	1795	238910	Lvi Environmental Services Inc

Abstract: On February 16, 2005, Employee #1 was conducting a survey of the existing buildings at the old Byberry State Hospital with a coworker. The survey was being conducted so the employer could bid on the environmental remediation and demolition of the buildings. These buildings were not occupied or maintained for over 25 years. While they surveyed a building (N7, W7) which was four stories high, the two employees proceeded to walk to the stairway on the third floor so that they could reach the second floor. When Employee #1 stepped onto the stairway, he fell through the steps because they were structurally unsound, having been .neglected for many years. Employee #1 hit the stairway below and continued to fall through the stairway and landed on the first floor stairway landing. Employee #1 sustained severe head injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Maintenance of the stairways had been neglected for many years.

Keywords: HEAD, MAINTENANCE, STAIR, BUILDING, COLLAPSE, STRUCK AGAINST, DESCENDING, STAIR LANDING, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		$20,000,000 and over	3	3	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307023143			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 3 feet Cause: Surveying Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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