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Accident Summary Nr: 25835.015 - Employee cutting I-beam is struck and killed by collapsing a

Accident Summary Nr: 25835.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 08/14/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
589438.015	08/15/2012		238220	Baker Refrigeration Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on August 14, 2012, an employee was working for a construction firm. He was emplacing reinforcing steel in a building some 4.6 meters (15 feet) tall. He was using a torch to cut an I-beam in a building structure. The structures roof awning collapsed when the I-beam was cut. It struck the employee. He sustained massive head and neck injuries. He was killed.

Keywords: Beam, Collapse, Construction, Cutting And Burning, Falling Object, Head, Neck, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Torch, Unstable Load

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Contractor's yard/facility		Alteration or rehabilitation				15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	589438.015	64	M	Fatality		Supervisors, production occupations	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause:

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