Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170178842 - EMPLOYEE INJURED WHILE WORKING ON COOLING TOWER

Accident Summary Nr: 170178842 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 02/18/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119846657	03/04/1993	2911	0	Chevron Products Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A CRANE RIGGER IN CHEVRON'S TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WAS WALKING ACROSS THE ROOF OF A WATER COOLING TOWER THAT HAD 5-FOOT HIGH SHROUDS AROUND 12-FOOT DIAMETER HORIZONTAL ROTATING FAN BLADES. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED A FRACTURED ARM AND A BRAIN CONCUSSION. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES AND EMPLOYEE #1 DOES NOT REMEMBER THE INCIDENT. CONJECTURE INDICATES THAT HE WAS STRUCK ON THE ARM BY THE FAN BLADE AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON AN ANGLE IRON WHEN HE FELL. ONE SERIOUS VIOLATION WAS ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FAN BLADE, ROOF, COOLING TOWER, FALL, STRUCK BY, ARM, CONCUSSION, TOWER, BRAIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119846657			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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