Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100710169 - Employee killed when struck by concrete floor slab

Accident Summary Nr: 100710169 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 04/07/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300512480	04/07/1997	1542	0	L. Wornat & Co.

Abstract: On April 7, 1997, Employee #1 was working on the second floor of the Wingate Inn motel construction site. After concrete floor slab #E-8 was erected and set on concrete walls, slab #E-73 fell, crushing and killing Employee #1. The supporting angle irons had not been unattached nor had the embedded plates been installed. As a result, the angle irons holding the concrete slab were not welded.

Keywords: CONCRETE SLAB, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300512480			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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