Accident Report Detail
Accident: 135375.015 - Employee Is Killed By Falling Concrete Wall
Accident: 135375.015 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 05/06/2021 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1529179.015 | 05/06/2021 | Michael Distasio | |||||
At 8:00 a.m. on May 6, 2021, an employee used an mini-excavator to remove soil a long a concrete wall to access the wall's footer. Once the footer was located, t he employee exited the excavator, enter the excavation and began to hand dig. A coworker was sent to retrieve a shovel when they heard a loud pop and turned aro und to see the wall collapse onto the employee, who was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
collapse, crushed, excavation, excavator, falling object, masonry wall, shovel
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | 3 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1529179.015 | 55 | M | Fatality | Elevator operators | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Excavation FatCause: |