Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201147592 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Falling Tank Roof

Accident Summary Nr: 201147592 -- Report ID: 0950637 -- Event Date: 04/07/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120324603	04/10/2006	7699	562998	Hmt Tank Service Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:33 a.m. on April 10, 2006, Employee #1 was inside tank Number 94, a welded 120-ft by 53-ft floating roof storage tank. He was visually inspecting the integrity of the tank's supportive roof legs. At the same time another crew of workers was inside the tank and they lifted a portion of the tanks floating roof with an air hydraulic jack, approximately 2-in. This allowed them to slide a piece of sheet metal under a supportive roof leg. As the portion of the roof lifted, the roof began to vibrate, shake, and rotate counter clockwise. The supportive legs gave way and the roof fell 6 ft. Employee #1 was hospitalized and died.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, ARM, FALLING OBJECT, TANK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120324603			Fatality	Amputation	Welders and cutters

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