OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14486757
TOMMY YOUNG CONSTRUCTION, CO.
RIDGEWOOD, NY·
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN ROOF COLLAPSE
Investigation abstract
FOUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE USING A JACKHAMMER TO BREAK UP A 15 BY 20 FOOT AR EA OF A SUNDECK/ROOF ON A REINFORCED CONCRETE AND CINDERBLOCK GARAGE STRUCTURE. THE AREA THEY WERE WORKING ON WAS 4 INCHES THICK AND MADE OF CONCRETE AND RED TI LE. THE WOODEN SUPPORT BEAMS UNDER THE SUNDECK/ROOF HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED. WHEN THE JACKHAMMER BROKE THROUGH THE CONCRETE, THE ROOF FRACTURED INTO SEVERAL LARGE PIECES, CAUSING THE EMPLOYEES TO FALL. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH U NDER SEVERAL LARGE CONCRETE SLABS. EMPLOYEE #2 SUSTAINED BROKEN RIBS AND COMPOUN D FRACTURES OF BOTH LEGS. THE OTHER TWO EMPLOYEES MANAGED TO GRAB THE SIDEWALLS OF THE STRUCTURE AND WERE NOT INJURED.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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