Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200051944 - Employee Injured In Fall From First Floor
Accident: 200051944 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 11/23/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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303734701 | 11/26/2002 | 1795 | Dykon Explosive Demolition Corporation | ||||
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
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | Demolition | $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 | 5 | 14 | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 303734701 | Hospitalized injury | Concussion | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:15 Cause: Demolition FatCause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof) |