Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 116002.015 - Employee is struck by steel sheet, thrown from scaffold, and

Accident Summary Nr: 116002.015 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 02/06/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1377068.015	02/08/2019		332420	Skinner Tank Company

Abstract: At 4:24 p.m. on February 6, 2019, Employee #1 was working from a scaffold and constructing a round tank by shaping a flat sheet of steel. The steel sheet, which measured 4 feet tall by 12 feet long, was under pressure as it was shaped from flat to round. A clamp holding the steel sheet came loose, and the released steel sheet sprang back and struck Employee #1. Employee #1 was ejected from the scaffold and fell. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for multiple fractures.

Keywords: Construction, Ejected, Fracture, Hold-Down Clamp, Material Handling, Metal Sheet, Pressure Release, Scaffold, Steel, Struck By, Tank

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			1	18

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1377068.015	21	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause:

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