Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170761779 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Granite Sheets

Accident Summary Nr: 170761779 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 05/01/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308690288	02/03/2005	1741	238140	New Look Builders, Inc.

Abstract: On May 1, 2005, Employee #1 was helping to unload a large shipping container of granite sheets at a residential home under construction. When five sheets remained inside the container, a coworker went to investigate someone calling for help from inside the house, and left Employee #1 to hold the sheets up against the wall. A short time later, a worker returned to the container and noticed the remaining sheets had fallen to the floor. He called out for help and then realized that Employee #1 was under the fallen pieces. Coworkers moved the broken pieces of granite and found Employee #1 underneath. Emergency responders summoned; however, Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, ASPHYXIATED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, CONTAINERIZED CARGO

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	3	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308690288			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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