Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 515932 - Employee killed when crushed between modular buildings

Accident Summary Nr: 515932 -- Report ID: 0935000 -- Event Date: 07/30/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102495975	08/02/1999	1522	0	Tnt Construction Services

Abstract: Employee #1, age 20, was installing modular building units, which he raised and lowered with a Simplex jack. He was walking between two of the units, one of which was raised, when it slipped and fell toward the other unit. Employee #1 was crushed between the modular buildings; he died of asphyxia.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT, JACK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	102495975			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Post Decking Detail Work Fatality Cause: Other

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