OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14382675

ILLINOIS WRECKING CO., INC.

AURORA, IL· 1986-03-19T00:00:00

Event: ROOF COLLAPSE, DEMOLITION, BUILDING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, SINGLE STORY, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #2226447
Employer profile: ILLINOIS WRECKING CO., INC.
Summary number: 14382675
Report ID: 521400

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by collapsing roof

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a cutter, was supervising the demolition of a single story steel fr ame and bar joist discount store. When a crane pulled on a loose exterior beam, unsecured columns and beams shifted and dropped the store's roof on top of Emplo yee #1. He was crushed and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
19

Event type
1

Source
8

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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