Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 300689379 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY FALLING MATERIAL

Accident Summary Nr: 300689379 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 08/21/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300689379	08/21/1997	1795	0	Keibler Thompson Corporation

Abstract: On August 20, 1997, Employee #1 was operating a track machine to remove the brick fascia from around a steel beam column. Iron slag had accumulated on the vertical steel I-Beam. The track machine vibrated the slag loose causing it to fall 20 ft onto Employee#1's head. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, STEEL BEAM, DEMOLITION, COLUMN, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition		$250,000 to $500,000		20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300689379			Fatality	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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