Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200512879 - Employee is killed in fall when catwalk collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200512879 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 06/07/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305289175	06/08/2002	1541	0	New Mech Companies

Abstract: At approximately 2:30 p.m. on June 7, 2002, Employee #1 was engaged in dismantling a catwalk. He was standing at one end of the walkway and began to remove the bolts on the upper support knee bracing when the section collapsed. Employee #1 fell 33 ft to the ground and was killed. The main section of the catwalk was supported by a crane and rigging. This was not true for the section on which Employee #1 was working even though at 1:00 p.m. a coworker had initiated the first phase of the dismantling project by removing the lower bracing.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CATWALK, FALL, BRACING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Demolition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	33	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305289175			Fatality	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 33 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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