OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221528508

CARLOS A. LOPEZ REYES

CHICAGO, IL— 2023-01-12T00:00:00

Event: Basement, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building Collapse, Collapse, Construction, Crushed, Crushing, Laborer, Masonry Wall, Stair
NAICS: 236118
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346435761
Employer profile: CARLOS A. LOPEZ REYES
Summary number: 221528508
Report ID: 0521700
Project type: B
Construction end-use: B

Event description

Employee is killed in partial structural collapse

Investigation abstract

At 11:14 a.m. on January 12, 2023, an employee, a laborer, was constructing a masonry wall around the eastside basement stairwell area when the east wall of the building collapsed, trapping him under the debris. The fire department arrived onsite to conduct rescue operations and transported the employee to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead due to blunt force trauma injuries to his whole body.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
869

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