Accident Report Detail

Accident: 201102688 - Employee Killed After Falling Into An Open Pit

**Accident: 201102688 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 02/06/2002**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
125847343	02/08/2002	3089	Poly Processing Co.

At approximately 8:30 p.m. on February 6, 2002, Employee #1, an oven helper for Poly Processing Con., was setting up a 1030 mold, one of two double-stacked molds. He was not wearing fall protection, nor was the hinged grating section between the buttbuster platform and the edge of the framework pinned & secured in place. He stepped onto frame of tank mold and fell approximately 10 ft 7in. to the bottom of the mold cooling concrete pit. He suffered severe head trauma and was admitted to the hospital. Employee #1 subsequently died three days later.

Keywords: fracture, head, pit, fall, fall protection

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	125847343			Fatality	Fracture	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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