Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200604122 - Employee Is Injured in Explosion and Fall from Water Tower

Accident Summary Nr: 200604122 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 11/20/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311317713	11/20/2008	1799	238320	David Cadriel Dba David Cadriel

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on November 20, 2008 Employees #1 through #3 were on the top of a ground storage tank welding the framework for a sand-blasting curtain to the exterior of the tank. When an explosion occurred, all three employees fell to the ground. They were hospitalized at Brackenridge Hospital for fractures and burns. One of the employees was transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center for burn treatment.

Keywords: BURN, FRACTURE, WATER TOWER, WELDING, EXPLOSION, TANK, WATER TANK

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000		32

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311317713	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	311317713	Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported
3	311317713	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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