Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170831408 - Employee injured in fall into cyclone shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 170831408 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 03/30/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302687066	03/31/1999	1623	0	Abb C-E Services Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was part of a twelve-man crew of boiler makers at a power plant under construction. They were installing expansion joints in an outlet duct from the main boiler to the cyclone shaft. Employee #1 entered the duct through a 2 ft wide access door and fell 85 ft into the shaft. He suffered multiple fractures and was taken by ambulance to Allegheny County Hospital; after his condition stabilized, he was transferred to the Baltimore Shock Trauma Unit. The guardrails at the shaft had been removed to install insulation and had not been replaced.

Keywords: FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, BOILER, CONSTRUCTION, SHAFT, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	10	100

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302687066			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Boilermakers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 90 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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