Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200051944 - Employee Injured in Fall from First Floor

Accident Summary Nr: 200051944 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 11/23/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303734701	11/26/2002	1795	238990	Dykon Explosive Demolition Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing dynamite plugs into structural columns in a building to be imploded the next day. Employee #1 had been working alone. Employee #1 discovered a "plug" that had fallen out of the column and went to reinstall it in the column. Employee #1 failed to realize there was an unguarded open side where there once was a wall, and stepped around the column. Employee #1 fell 14 ft to 15 ft to the ground floor landing and onto a pile of ruble. Employee #1 suffered a concussion and was hospitalized.

Keywords: DEMOLITION, COLUMN, FALL, CONCUSSION, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	5	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303734701			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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