Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200070258 - Employee dies in fall from duct inside building

Accident Summary Nr: 200070258 -- Report ID: 0453720 -- Event Date: 05/21/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300078151	05/30/1997	5075	0	Duke Power Generating Station, Pinehall Road

Abstract: Employee #1 entered the ninth floor of a fan room and was apparently standing on the edge of a 40 ft by 120 ft duct when he fell 24 ft onto some steel beams. He fractured five vertebrae, lacerated his left wrist, and sustained internal bruising. Employee #1 was apparently unable to locate an exit and died in the bottom of a pit on the sixth level.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, BACK, LACERATION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, VERTEBRA, WRIST

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300078151			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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