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Accident: 200263382 - Employee Dies After Fall When Building Collapses
Accident: 200263382 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 09/24/2007 | |||||||
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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| 311130157 | 10/01/2007 | 1795 | Ray Stiles Company | ||||
| On September 24, 2007, Employee #1 and coworkers were dismantling an old conveyor house between two buildings. All unnecessary components had been removed, leaving only the main frame, which was secured and stabilized with 1 in. steel cables reinforced with turn buckles and cable clamps. A coworker had cut four corners out of the 6 in. angle iron to the structure when, after making the final cut, the structure pulled loose from the building to which it was attached and collapsed. Employee #1 and two coworkers were on the structure, approximately 70 ft from where the cut was made, and fell with it. All sustained injuries but Employee #1 developed a blood clot and was placed on life support. He died approximately four days later when life support was disconnected. | |||||||
Keywords:
blood clot, dismantling, unsecured, building collapse, work rules, construction, fall, bracing, elevated work plat
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| End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
| Manufacturing plant | Demolition | Under $50,000 | 1 | 50 | X | ||
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
| 1 | 311130157 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported | FallDist: FallHt:50 Cause: Demolition FatCause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc |
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