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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221450679

JDC DEMOLITION COMPANY, INC.

Event
Concrete, Excavator, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Jackhammer
NAICS
238910
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345875868
Employer profile
JDC DEMOLITION COMPANY, INC.
Summary number
221450679
Report ID
0111400
Project type
D
Construction end-use
C

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

  1. #1 Fatality Age 51 M

    Event type
    5
    Occupation code
    844

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