Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200980803 - Employee Killed When Scaffold Falls

Accident Summary Nr: 200980803 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 03/20/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309497881	03/20/2007	1799	236220	Irwin Industries Inc

Abstract: On March 20, 2007, Employee #1, along with other employees, was working in a boiler at a power plant. They were removing heat exchange tubing in the throat area of a boiler. The tubing was supporting the scaffold in the throat area. When the tubing was cut and removed from its normal location, the scaffold support was no longer secure and a portion of it fell into the bottom of the boiler. Employee #1, who was standing on the scaffold, fell with it to the bottom, and was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, BOILER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CUTTING AND BURNING, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Powerplant		Maintenance or repair		$250,000 to $500,000	6		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309497881			Fatality	Other	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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