Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 91218.015 - Employee dies in building collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 91218.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 12/02/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1195237.015	12/02/2016		236220	Hultgren Construction, Llc

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on December 2, 2016, an employee was removing an interior wall. While removing two load bearing walls of two buildings that were going to be made into one, the entire structure collapsed on top of the employee. The employee was killed by blunt force trauma to the chest along with asphyxia due to the amount of material that had trapped him in the rubble of the building.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Chest, Crushing, Demolition, Falling Object, Head, Structural Collapse

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1195237.015	24	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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