Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 553594 - Employee killed in building collapse during storm

Accident Summary Nr: 553594 -- Report ID: 0627410 -- Event Date: 08/03/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107405656	08/05/1993	1751	0	Jose Luis Garcia

Abstract: At approximately 3:20 p.m. on August 3, 1993, Employee #1 (the employer), and his two-man crew were finishing framing the second floor roof on a house under construction. Without warning a thunderstorm accompanied by high winds of 70 miles per hour or more swooped in from the north and blew the whole house structure upward and then downward. The second floor collapsed onto the ground, crushing and killing Employee #1 between the ground floor and the wooden substructure.

Keywords: STORM, HIGH WIND, BUILDING COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107405656			Fatality	Concussion	Supervisors; carpenters and related workers

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