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Accident: 202345427 - Employee Is Killed When Concrete Falls On Him

**Accident: 202345427 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 08/08/2005**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
309270403	08/09/2005	1771	Cement Industries, Inc.

On August 8, 2005, an employee was moving a 26.5-ft, 6,000-lb. concrete hollow-core slab using a jack and a 4x4 pickup truck. He was killed when the slab broke and fell on top of him.

Keywords: concrete slab, torso, abrasion, mech mat handling, struck by, pickup truck, falling object, jack, contusion

Accident Details
End Use		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	309270403			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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