Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110102.015 - Employee fractures skull, legs in fall inside water tank

Accident Summary Nr: 110102.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 09/21/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1348224.015	09/26/2018		238990	Union Tank Erection Inc.

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on September 21, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a tank construction company, was removing a fixed ladder inside an existing water storage tank as part of a multiemployer project. He was attaching his fall arrest system to the ladder and using a torch to cut and remove 4-inch iron standoffs from the ladder and then cut off sections of the ladder. As he progressed down the ladder, relocating his fall arrest anchor points, he came upon a section of ladder constructed differently from previous ladders he had worked on. As he cut the standoffs on the upper section of ladder, the ladder hinged backward on the bolts and fell into the tank. Employee #1, tied off to the ladder, fell with it. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he required treatment for a fractured skull, fractures to both legs and both feet, and multiple lacerations.

Keywords: Construction, Demolition, Dismantling, Fall, Fall Protection, Fixed Ladder, Foot, Fracture, Laceration, Leg, Repair, Skull, Water Tank, Work Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		Alteration or rehabilitation				20

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1348224.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Boilermakers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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