Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14347959 - One employee killed, one injured in platform collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 14347959 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 05/10/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105991087	05/11/1988	3312	0	Koppers Industries, Woodward Coke Plant

Abstract: At approximately 9:45 a.m. on May 10, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were preparing to remove the drive pulleys from a fresh air blower that was mounted on a structural steel platform 14 ft above a wharf coke pit. The steel beams, which had deteriorated, collapsed. Employee #1 suffered blunt force trauma to the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene. Employee #2 suffered a contusion and laceration to the scalp, forehead, and nose and was hospitalized.

Keywords: BEAM, CHEST, STEEL BEAM, COLLAPSE, INADEQUATE MAINT, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105991087			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported
2	105991087			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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