Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170865943 - Employee crushed by falling concrete wall

Accident Summary Nr: 170865943 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 06/17/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125817338	06/17/2003	1795	238910	Soil Enterprises, Inc.,

Abstract: An employee was working for a demolition contractor at one of two jobsites in the same development. An excavator operator was cleaning a concrete slab and the employee was sweeping the floor of the former bank vault. The remaining wall of the vault fell inward and crushed the employee. He was pronounced dead by the responding Emergency Response Service.

Keywords: CONCRETE SLAB, EXCAVATION, ASPHYXIATED, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125817338			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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