Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201353497 - Multiple Employees Injured;one Dies When Structure Collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 201353497 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 12/08/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310034327	12/06/2007	1771	238110	A.A. Pittman And Sons Concrete Company, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310034293	12/06/2007	1541	236220	Choate Construction Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310034319	12/06/2007	1771	238110	Southern Pan Services Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310034327	12/06/2007	1771	238110	A.A. Pittman And Sons Concrete Company, Inc.

Abstract: On December 8, 2007, Employees #1 and #2, of the Southern Pan Services Company; Employees #3 and #4, of the Choate Construction Company; and Employees #5 through #22, of the A.A. Pittman and Sons Concrete Company, Inc., were working on a parking garage under construction when the structure collapsed during the pouring of concrete on the sixth floor. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. Employees #2 through #8, #10, #13, #14, and #20 suffered injuries for which they were hospitalized. Employees #9, #11, #12, #15 through #19, #21, and #22 sustained injuries for which they were treated and released.

Keywords: CONCRETE SLAB, LACERATION, CONTUSION, FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	6	60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310034327	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	310034327	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
3	310034327	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
4	310034327	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
5	310034327	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
6	310034327	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
7	310034327	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
8	310034327	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
9	310034327	Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
10	310034327	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
11	310034327	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
12	310034327	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
13	310034327	Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
14	310034327	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
15	310034327	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
16	310034327	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
17	310034327	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
18	310034293	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
19	310034293	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
20	310034319	Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
21	310034319	Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
22	310034327	Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Concrete and terrazzo finishers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pouring or installing floor decks Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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