Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110398.015 - Employee falls down tank stairs, breaks back and other bones

Accident Summary Nr: 110398.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/14/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1355777.015	10/24/2018		238990	W.S. Bunch Co.

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on October 14, 2018, Employee #1 was cleaning and prepping the interior of a 500,000-gallon waste holding tank known as a Flow Equalization Basin (F.E.B.) as part of a multiemployer project. He was using trash bags and 5-gallon buckets to remove waste. Employee #1 began to descend a permanently-attached stair tower. As he reached the first of two landing platforms and stepped on the steel grating, the grating failed to support his weight. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 15 feet. He was transported to the hospital, admitted and treated for multiple spinal vertebrae fractures, a fractured hip, and a fractured pelvis.

Keywords: Back, Cleaning, Construction, Descending, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Pelvis, Platform, Stair, Structural Collapse, Tank, Unsecured, Vertebra

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair			2	15

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1355777.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause:

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