Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18823427 - T & T Wrecking Co Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 18823427

Report ID: 0352420

Date Opened: 02/27/1987

Site Address:
T & T Wrecking Co Inc
1019 Aisquith St
Baltimore, MD 21202

Mailing Address:
3005 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21230

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1795

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/19/1987

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/08/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360752596

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 707208

Event: 02/27/1987

CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE IN CRANE CRUSHED BY COLLAPSING WALL

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DEMOLISHING A SUBGRADE BOILER ROOM USING A "HEADACHE" BALL. ADJACENT TO THE BOILER ROOM VAULT, ON A SEPARATE FOUNDATION, WAS A 30 FOOT TALL AUDITORIUM COMPLETED IN 1986. VIBRATIONS FROM THE DEMOLITION WORK ON THE VAULT FLOOR SLAB, 20 FEET BELOW GROUND, WERE TRANSMITTED TO THE AUDITORIUM, CAUSING THE DECAYED A-FRAME ROOF TO COLLAPSE AND FALL. THE FORCE CREATED BY THE FALLING ROOF PUSHED THE UPPER 15 FEET OF THE SOUTH WALL ONTO THE CRANE, LOCATED 18 FEET FROM THE AUDITORIUM. THE FALLING BRICK STRUCTURE LANDED ON THE CRANE CAB, PINNING EMPLOYEE #1 BETWEEN THE SEAT AND THE CAB WALL. HE WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE AND TRANSPORTED TO JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED 75 MINUTES LATER.

Keywords: WALL, DEMOLITION, COLLAPSE, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, CRANE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18823427			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Crane and tower operators

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