Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 101442.015 - Employee falls with collapsing bucket elevator and is lacera

Accident Summary Nr: 101442.015 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 10/14/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1270862.015	10/16/2017		238290	Specialty Industries Inc.

Abstract: At 1:30 p.m. on October 14, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by a crane services company, were working at a multiemployer construction project. They were at the top of a grain elevator and removing a deteriorated bucket elevator. The bucket elevator collapsed, and Employee #1 rode on the collapsing bucket conveyor as it fell 12 feet to the elevator platform. Employee #1 was caught and pinned between the platform's walkway railing and the collapsed bucket elevator. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was treated for a large laceration that extended around the left side of his torso from his back to his abdomen.

Keywords: Bucket Elevator, Caught Between, Construction, Conveyor, Dismantling, Fall, Grain Elevator, Laceration, Pinned, Structural Collapse, Torso

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Alteration or rehabilitation				127

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1270862.015	30	M	Hospitalized injury		Distance of Fall: 11 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 127 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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