Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202340964 - Employee Is Killed in Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 202340964 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 03/07/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309654218	03/07/2006	1794	238910	X K Vate Inc.

Abstract: On March 7, 2006, Employee #1 was removing a wooden form used to cast a vertical concrete slab approximately 4-ft-wide by 7-ft-tall. To do this, he entered an excavation approximately 20-ft-wide by 20-ft-long by 13-ft-deep. As the form removal began, the concrete slab behind it collapsed. This caused the collapse of four additional concrete slabs holding back the top of the excavation, as well as one of the garage walls and a portion of the garage's concrete floor. Employee #1 was crushed and killed by the falling debris. The causes of the accident appeared to be undermining of the adjacent garage structure and an inadequate supporting system. A possible contributing factor may have been the lack of a ladder or other safe means of egress from the excavation.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, CONCRETE SLAB, EXCAVATION, COLLAPSE, CRUSHED, CONCRETE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	8		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309654218			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Wall (earthen) collapse

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