Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200120798 - Employee Dies As The Result Of A Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 200120798 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 09/05/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303318489	10/19/2000	3443	0	Pressed Steel Tank Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was the operator and setup person for a Boston Digital CNC Milling machine. The machine had been idle for 4 weeks. Employee #1 was preparing the machine for startup. While trying to loosen the carriage adjustment bolts, Employee #1 found that he was unable to loosen two of the bolts normally. To gain additional leverage, Employee #1 climbed on the machine table, and used a 24-in. pipe wrench with a 36-in. cheater bar. As Employee #1 was pulling back, the wrench slipped and the employee fell from the 40-in.-high table to the concrete floor. Employee #1 landed on his buttocks and sustained a burst fracture to the spine at the T12 level. Employee #1 was hospitalized and subsequently underwent back surgery. Employee #1 went into a coma and died 14 days later.

Keywords: WRENCH, FRACTURE, SPINE, SLIP, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303318489			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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