OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221450679
JDC DEMOLITION COMPANY, INC.
BOSTON, MA·
Event description
Employee is killed in fall from elevation
Investigation abstract
At 5:30 p.m. on March 26, 2022, an employee was jackhammering a concrete overhead structural member using a hydraulic excavator with a hammer attachment. The member collapsed and fell onto the slab that the machine was on, causing the employee to fall eight stories to the ground below. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 844
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