Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201111820 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201111820 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 03/05/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119938207	03/11/1999	1711	0	Swinerton Industrial

Abstract: On March 5, 1999, Employee #1 was working on a job-built work platform, 11 feet above the brick floor of the stock house. The employee was opening a 10-in. stainless steel pipe designed to carry ethylene glycol. The work platform consisted of a group of construction grade 2 in. by 10 ft boards laid across some suspended pipes. There were no guardrails on the platform and no engineered tie point to attach fall arrest equipment. While the employee was performing his assigned work, ethylene glycol began to leak. Employee #1 tried to walk through the pool of liquid, but slipped and fell to the floor below suffering serious injury. Para medics transported Employee #1 to the hospital.

Keywords: LEAK, FRACTURE, ETHYLENE GLYCOL, SLIP, WELDER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PIPE, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000		30

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	119938207			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Interior plumbing, ducting, electrical work Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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