OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221647183

ZIMMER - ESCHETTE SERVICES, LLC

NEW ORLEANS, LA— 2023-09-22T00:00:00

Event: Commercial Building, Concussion, Cutting, Demolition, Falling Object, Head, Hot Work, Hot Work Permit, Iron, Metal, Site Preparation, Steel Tube, Struck By
NAICS: 238910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346991771
Employer profile: ZIMMER - ESCHETTE SERVICES, LLC
Summary number: 221647183
Report ID: 0625700
Project type: D
Construction end-use: C

Event description

Employee is killed when struck in head by falling iron

Investigation abstract

At 2:40 p.m. on September 22, 2023, an employee was working as a fire watch for a site preparation contractor. A crew was cutting angle iron from a structure frame on a two-story commercial building being demolished. A piece of angle iron/steel tube fell from the second story while being cut and struck the employee in the head, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 F

Event type
1

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