Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14345797 - Employee killed when impaled on pry bar in fall

Accident Summary Nr: 14345797 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 02/08/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106380215	02/11/1991	2874	0	Royster Phosphates, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were working on top of a 5 ft 8 in. high concrete machinery platform, repairing a dryer scrubber fan and other related machinery. Employee #1 had just shimmed up the electric fan motor and was removing the pry bar when he lost his balance and fell off the platform, impaling himself on the pry bar. Employee #1 died of a penetrating wound to the abdomen.

Keywords: PLATFORM, ABDOMEN, REPAIR, IMPALED, FALL, LOST BALANCE, PRY BAR, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106380215			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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