Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200380541 - Employee dies after fall into boiler cyclone

Accident Summary Nr: 200380541 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 06/12/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113174080	06/15/2004	1799	238990	Patent Construction Systems

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were removing a section of scaffold in the cross-over area between a boiler and its cyclone. One coworker was standing on the existing scaffold inside the boiler and another coworker was standing in the cross-over closest to the boiler scaffold. Employee #1 was next to the unprotected opening of the cyclone. As the employees were dismantling the scaffold section, Employee #1 stepped into the unguarded cyclone and fell approximately 64 feet. He was hospitalized and died 2 days later.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, GUARD, BOILER, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	12	64	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	113174080			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 64 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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