Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200602381 - Employee killed in fall from steel tank being demolished

Accident Summary Nr: 200602381 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 04/14/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306062126	04/14/2003	1795	238910	Alpha Technical Services Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were demolishing a large steel diesel tank by cutting it into sections and lifting the sections to the ground with a crane. Employee #1, the crane's spotter, took a personnel lift to the top of the tank, left the bucket on top of the tank, and went to the landing to flag the crane. While he was there, the steel tank top under the bucket was cut into a section. When he returned to the personnel lift, he stepped onto the cut section, fell 40 feet, and was killed.

Keywords: DEMOLITION, FALL, TANK, CUTTING AND BURNING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Demolition		$500,000 to $1,000,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306062126			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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