Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 601997 - MAINTENANCE WORKER KILLED BY FALLING CONCRETE PANEL

Accident Summary Nr: 601997 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 03/06/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102960010	03/07/1989	1541	0	Trac Design Builders, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18241364	03/07/1989	6552	0	Thompson-Rubin Associates

Abstract: A maintenance worker from a nearby office industrial building was crushed while making a telephone call from a construction trailer parked adjacent to a building under construction in an industrial park when an inadequately braced precast concrete panel weighing in excess of 36,000 pounds collapsed onto the trailer. Investigation revealed both braces on the panel were inadequately installed. One was improperly pinned so that it had no tensile strength, while the other had an improperly torqued expansion bolt at its bottom anchorage. A gust of wind likely blew the panel over.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HIGH WIND, MAINTENANCE, CONCRETE PANEL, TORSO, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102960010					Occupation Not Listed
2	18241364			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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