Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170052450 - Employee killed in fall from elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 170052450 -- Report ID: 0950411 -- Event Date: 11/01/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115618332	11/02/1994	8734	0	Western Technologies, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:50 a.m. on November 1, 1994, Employee #1 entered a 12 ft diameter pipe to perform a weld radiograph. The weld was located between a 144 in. diameter butterfly valve and a 90 degree, 12 ft pipe elbow that turned down into a 21 ft diameter horizontal pipe. Employee #1 went past the partially open butterfly valve disc and, apparently losing his footing, fell 52 ft to the invert of the 21 ft diameter pipe. Employee #1 was killed. He was not wearing fall protection or ppe. The only available lighting was a miner-type headband light found with Employee #1.

Keywords: PPE, LIGHTING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PIPE, POOR VISIBILITY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115618332			Fatality	Fracture	Mechanical engineering technicians

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