Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 120758.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Metal Tank

**Accident: 120758.015 -- Report ID: 0728500 -- Event Date: 10/14/2019**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1438020.015	10/15/2019		Skinner Tank Company

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 backwa rds 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		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition				57	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Construction
1	1438020.015	56	M	Fatality		FallDist: 57 FallHt:57 Cause: Steel Erection Of Open Web Steel Joists-Landing Ma FatCause:

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