Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200371326 - One Employee Killed One Injured In Fall From Elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 200371326 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 02/01/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303577688	02/02/2001	1629	0	Ceramic Cooling Tower

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a column preparing to connect a beam. Employee #2 was positioning a man-lift to connect the other end of the beam to another column. The man-lift hit one of the supports holding the column and the column fell with Employee #1 on it. Employee #1 was killed, and Employee #2 suffered a concussion but was not hospitalized.

Keywords: STEEL BEAM, STEEL COLUMN, STEEL CONNECTOR, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, CONCUSSION, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		52	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303577688			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 52 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)
2	303577688			Non Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 52 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with bucket (aerial lift/basket)

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