Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201344199 - Water Tower Maintenance Worker Is Killed in Fall from Ladder

Accident Summary Nr: 201344199 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 09/14/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309888857	09/15/2006	1721	238320	Utility Service Company, Inc.

Abstract: On September 14, 2006, an employee was performing maintenance work inside the tank of an empty rural water tower. While exiting the tank, he used a web-flexible ladder that had been suspended from the access hole. The employee fell ten feet, and although the shock absorber on the lanyard of his fall protection activated, he struck the floor of the water tank, and was killed.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, WATER TOWER, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, ABRASION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, HIP, WATER TANK, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000		120	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309888857			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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