Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 114116.015 - Foreman is killed when skid steer falls down elevator shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 114116.015 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 03/04/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1382558.015	03/04/2019		238910	Azarian Wrecking, Llc

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on March 4, 2019, Employee #1, a foreman employed by a demolition company, was operating a skid steer loader at a multiemployer construction project, a nine-story commercial building that was being renovated. He was on the seventh floor and using the loader to remove clay brick that covered an elevator shaft. As he removed overhead bricks by pulling them down with the loader's bucket, the machine's rear wheels rose off the work surface, and the loader fell down the elevator shaft. Employee #1 fell with the loader, a fall height of approximately 82 feet. He incurred blunt force trauma to the head and was killed.

Keywords: Brick, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Head, Loader, Skull, Unstable Position, Wheel

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			9	90	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1382558.015	32	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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