Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202567517 - Two Employees Are Killed in Building Collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 202567517 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 04/07/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315569814	04/07/2011	1542	236220	United Fire Protection, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:02 p.m. on April 7, 2011, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were filling the metal water storage tank while replacing a fire pump that supplied the fire hydrants and the fire sprinkler system to an unoccupied building. Employee #1 and Employee #2 were inside the pump house, a concrete block building, at the rear of the unoccupied building. The metal water storage tank was on the West side of the pump house. The metal water storage tank failed, splitting at the seam and struck the exterior wall of the pump house. The pump house collapsed inward on Employee#1 and Employee#2. Both employees were killed from the falling debris.

Keywords: BUILDING, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, WATER TANK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	315569814			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure
2	315569814			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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