Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201271061 - Employee killed in fall from baffle wall inside smokestack

Accident Summary Nr: 201271061 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 05/28/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303422976	05/30/2000	1542	0	Bse Industrial Contractors Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was attempting to climb the vertical wall of a baffle that was being installed inside the smokestack of a furnace when he slipped and fell 40 ft to a lower level. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: FURNACE, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303422976			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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