Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200212124 - Flange Strikes Worker Who Falls from Elevation and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 200212124 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 11/03/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310451463	11/04/2006	1791	238120	Caldwell Tanks, Inc.

Abstract: On November 3, 2006, employees were lowering a construction flange, when the flange and a piece of a swivel arm swung and struck Employee #1. He lost his balance, and slid from the top of a water tank and down the side of the tank. Employee #1 had donned a full body harness and two shock absorber lanyards. Instead of hooking his lanyards to the anchorage point located on top of the water tank, Employee #1 attached each lanyard to the side harness D-rings. Employee #1 fell approximately 129 ft to the ground and was killed.

Keywords: WATER TOWER, WORK RULES, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, LOST BALANCE, TIE-OFF, WATER TANK, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000		129	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310451463			Fatality	Other	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 129 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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