Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201320314 - Employee killed when struck by falling concrete blocks

Accident Summary Nr: 201320314 -- Report ID: 0317900 -- Event Date: 10/12/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303721203	10/12/2001	1542	0	Warfel Construction Co., Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303722854	10/17/2001	1742	0	Smucker Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303721211	10/12/2001	1741	0	Rsk Construction
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303722862	10/12/2001	1771	0	Keenan Concrete, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a partner of CI Construction, was assembling scaffolding directly beneath a concrete block on-loading/staging area when two 8-inch concrete blocks dislodged from a partial cube and fell three stories (32 feet), striking and killing Employee #1.

Keywords: CONCRETE BLOCK, SCAFFOLDING, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	36	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303721203	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile
2	303722854			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	303721211			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
4	303722862			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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