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Accident Summary Nr: 200371201 - Employee killed in fall through hole in catwalk

Accident Summary Nr: 200371201 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 10/16/2000
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
30244337910/16/200017990Classic Industrial Services

Abstract: Employee #1 was cleaning up plywood, scaffold components, planking, and other materials after dismantling a scaffold. He clipped some wire that secured a piece of plywood which was marked as covering a hole in the metal grate catwalk. Soon after Employee #1 removed the plywood, he stepped into the hole and fell 71 ft to the ground. He was killed.

Keywords: COVER, DISMANTLING, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, FLOOR HOLE, CONSTRUCTION, CATWALK, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, WORK SURFACE
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Powerplant New project or new addition $20,000,000 and over 100 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 302443379 Fatality Fracture Construction trades, n.e.c. Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 100 feet
Cause: Erection of coffer dams, caissons
Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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