Inspection Detail

Inspection: 309539633 - Miko Trucking, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Dallas Area Office

Investigation Summary

On August 14, 2006, during a temporary demolition and remodeling project, a Bobcat skid steer loader was being operated on the twentieth floor of the building to clean up concrete, brick, steel and other demolition debris. The operator, while moving the Bobcat forward to scoop up a load of debris, struck a piece of angle iron buried under the concrete debris pile pushing it forward and striking a partially demolished brick wall approximately eight in. high, causing the interior and exterior bricks along with three large decorative concrete blocks to dislodge and tumble over the side of the building. Employee #1, an employee of a trucking company, was struck by falling concrete debris that penetrated the roof of the tractor-trailer he was operating. Employee #2, an employee of another company on site, was struck by falling concrete debris while working at the ground level next to the tractor-trailer combination that he had just guided into position for the loading of demolition debris. The original narrative discusses both fatalities, but the Injury line only lists Employee #1, the truck driver. (See 200783942 for information on the other fatality.)

Keywords: DEMOLITION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT