Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 88626.015 - Employee is killed when roof collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 88626.015 -- Report ID: 0155010 -- Event Date: 09/13/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1177616.015	09/14/2016		238910	All Industrial Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on September 13, 2016, an employee was burning (cutting with propane torch) away a section of the water tank roof. The employee was burning the second section of the water tank roof and the entire roof collapsed taking the employee with it to the ground. The employee died on September 22, 2016 from lacerations to the back of the head, broken neck, and broken back.

Keywords: Back, Compressed Gas, Confined Space, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Head, Laceration, Neck, Roof, Struck By, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Demolition			1	38	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1177616.015	55	M	Fatality		Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.