Accident Report Detail
Accident: 118510.015 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Falling Wall Panel
Accident: 118510.015 -- Report ID: 0215600 -- Event Date: 07/30/2019 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1419875.015 | 07/30/2019 | Extreme Construction Inc. | |||||
At 2:30 p.m. on July 30, 2019, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a construction company, were installing wall panels for a new four-story multifamily residential structure. Employee #1 was directing a coworker who was operating a crane. The crane held a suspended wall panel that other coworkers were maneuvering into place. The suspended panel hit an already-installed wall panel. The installed panel was dislodged. It fell, striking and crushing Employee #1. Employee #1, who sustained blunt force trauma to the torso, was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
panel, suspended load, torso, crane, falling object, residential construction, material handling, crushed, wall, struck by
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Multi-family dwelling | New project or new addition | 4 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Construction | |
1 | 1419875.015 | 67 | M | Fatality | Dislocation | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: FatCause: Lifting operations |