Accident Report Detail
Accident: 300689379 - Employee Killed When Struck By Falling Material
Accident: 300689379 -- Report ID: 0352420 -- Event Date: 08/21/1997 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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300689379 | 08/21/1997 | 1795 | Keibler Thompson Corporation | ||||
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
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Manufacturing plant | Demolition | $250,000 to $500,000 | 20 | X | |||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 300689379 | Fatality | Fracture | Construction trades, n.e.c. | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Demolition FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |