OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221469901

COREY CONWAY

ROCKLAND, ME— 2022-06-04T00:00:00

Event: Building, Building Collapse, Competent Person, Construction, Crushed, Demolition, Falling Object, Lack of Engineering Controls, Neck, Roof, Struck By, Structural Collapse, Support Posts
NAICS: 238130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346022254
Employer profile: COREY CONWAY
Summary number: 221469901
Report ID: 0111100
Project type: D
Construction end-use: A

Event description

Employee is killed, breaks neck when garage structural suppo

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on June 4, 2022, an employee was removing structural supports from a garage. The building collapsed and fell on him. The employee broke his neck and was killed when the entire roof of the garage being demolished unexpectedly collapsed. A coworker was also injured. An engineering survey was not performed by a competent person prior to allowing garage demolition operations to begin. The walls and attic floor of the garage were not braced and the employee and coworkers were allowed inside the garage, after the wall sheathing, iron pipe supports and house connections had been removed or cut.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
567

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