Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200331874 - Employee Is Killed When Grain Elevator Falls Onto Track Hoe

Accident Summary Nr: 200331874 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 03/06/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310807177	03/06/2007	1795	238910	Scherbenske & Son, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:18 a.m. on March 6, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were tearing down an 80-foot high wooden grain elevator. The coworker, a foreman, began demolition on the south side of the elevator by using a track hoe. He was tearing out the lower portion of the elevator as high as the piece of equipment could reach and into the structure approximately one-third the depth of the elevator. After tearing down what he could with the track hoe, he climbed into a crane equipped with a wrecking ball and began to demolish the upper portion of the south wall of the elevator. At that time, Employee #1 climbed into the track hoe and began to tear out the lower portion of the elevator as high as the piece of equipment could reach on the north side of the elevator. Employee #1 had cut into the elevator approximately one-third of the depth, while the coworker was working on the south side with the crane and wrecking ball. The elevator fell onto the track hoe, and Employee #1 was crushed and killed.

Keywords: DEMOLITION, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, GRAIN ELEVATOR, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		Under $50,000	8	80	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310807177			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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