Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 69265.015 - Employee is killed when mezzanine collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 69265.015 -- Report ID: 0213400 -- Event Date: 11/28/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1010923.015	11/28/2014		236220	Formica Construction Co Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on November 28, 2014, an employee was talking with other coworkers inside the building. While they were talking, the mezzanine collapsed, resulting in the employee being trapped and three other coworkers escaping unharmed. The fire department and the police department emergency services units removed portions of the collapsed building to free the workers. The employee suffered compression of the torso below rubble from a collapsed building and was killed.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Asphyxiated, Caught By, Crushed, Demolition, Falling Object, Fracture, Rib, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$250,000 to $500,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1010923.015	43	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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