Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202287678 - Employee killed when roof panels collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 202287678 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 04/22/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109312397	04/22/1997	1795	0	Kimmins Contracting Corp.

Abstract: On April 22, 1997, Employee #1 and coworkers were demolishing two buildings that were adjacent to one other but offset and joined with an I-beam. The beam was resting on the back wall of the west building and was joined to the side of the east building at its front overhang. When demolition was started on the west building, the I-beam joining the two units lost its support and fell lower than its design. As the force of gravity overcame the support forces, the wall of the east building to which the beam was jointed moved between 1 and 1 1/2 ft in the direction of the beam. This caused the 16 in. by 8 in. thick by 24 ft long precast roof panels to lose their source of support and eventually to collapse. Employee #1 was standing below the overhang when ten roof panels fell. He was crushed and killed. Before the demolition work began, the roof panels had been resting on I-beams located on either side of them.

Keywords: ROOF COLLAPSE, ROOF, DEMOLITION, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, ROOF PANEL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		Under $50,000	1	8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109312397			Fatality	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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