Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 81015.015 - Demolition worker is killed in fall from collapsing platform

Accident Summary Nr: 81015.015 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 11/16/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1105827.015	11/17/2015		238290	K & M Millwright, Llc

Abstract: At 1:00 p.m. on November 16, 2015, Employee #1, employed by a millwright company, was engaged in demolition work at a manufacturing plant. He was walking along a plant bridge when the bridge welds broke and the bridge collapsed. Employee #1 fell 100 feet and was killed.

Keywords: Bridge, Collapse, Construction, Conveyor, Demolition, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Millwright

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000		100	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1105827.015	32	M	Fatality		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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