Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200901429 - Employee killed in fall from boiler platform supports

Accident Summary Nr: 200901429 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 05/04/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303776736	05/04/2004	1629	237130	W.G. Yates & Sons Construction Company

Abstract: On May 4, 2004, Employee #1, an iron worker and boilermaker, was helping to install a work platform on the side of a modular boiler for a combined-cycle power plant that was under construction. He was standing on the platform supports while bolting up sections of the platform when he fell approximately 75 ft to the ground. Employee #1 died at the scene of injuries sustained in the fall.

Keywords: INSTALLING, IRON WORKER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over		80	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303776736			Fatality	Concussion	Boilermakers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 75 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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