Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201344777 - Employee Dies after Falling from Bucket Elevator

Accident Summary Nr: 201344777 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 09/10/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311792576	09/11/2008	1796	238290	Industrial Maintenance, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on September 10, 2008, Employee #1 was part a crew erecting a 160-ft-tall support tower for a bucket elevator. The single-bucket elevator leg was an external structure that was to supply two large concrete grain bins that had already been built. The crew had installed the top two 20 ft tower sections and were at the 120 ft level, squaring and plumbing the tower, prior to the installation of two new catwalks at the support tower. Employee #1 was on a platform that had no guardrails. The platform had a floor opening approximately 3 ft wide and 8 ft long. Employee #1 had a full body harness and a 6 ft lanyard, but he was not tied off to any structural members. When Employee #1 turned around, he stepped through the floor opening and fell 120 ft to a concrete surface. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to the Minneola District Hospital. He died while being airlifted from there to another health care facility.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LIFELINE, FLOOR HOLE, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, CATWALK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BUCKET ELEVATOR, UNGUARDED

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	16	160	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311792576			Fatality	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 120 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Bolting-Up/Detail Work Fatality Cause: Fall from roof

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