Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 55386.015 - Employee falls from skid steer loader and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 55386.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 12/03/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
951101.015	12/03/2013		238910	Lindamood Demolition, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:15 a.m. on December 3, 2013, Employee #1 was using a Skid steer loader, holding a piece of a reinforced concrete beam with a utility scrap grapple bucket. The Skid steer loader flipped over a retaining wall and the employee fell 72 feet onto the concrete floor. Employee #1 hit the concrete floor and was killed on impact.

Keywords: Concrete Beam, Concrete Slab, Construction vehicle, Demolition, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fracture, Material Handling, Retaining Wall, Skidder, Struck Against

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Demolition		$20,000,000 and over		172	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	951101.015	28	M	Fatality		Operating engineers	Distance of Fall: 72 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 72 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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