Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120758.015 - Employee is killed in fall from metal tank

Accident Summary Nr: 120758.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 10/14/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1438020.015	10/15/2019		237120	Skinner Tank Company

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on October 14, 2019, an employee was inspecting the metal decking covering the I-beams at the top of a metal tank. The employee was walking backwards when he fell off of the 57 foot tall water tank. The employee was killed by multiple blunt trauma injuries to his head and body.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Decking, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Inspecting, Steel Erection, Tank, Traumatic, Walking Backward

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition				57	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1438020.015	56	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: 57 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 57 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Landing Ma Fatality Cause:

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