Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201402294 - Employee Injured in Fall From Elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 201402294 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 09/11/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127264752	09/16/1998	1791	0	Pittsburg Tank & Tower

Abstract: Two employees were welding an angle steel rim to the top of a water storage tank. They were working from a scaffold platform that was 27 feet, 6 inches from the bottom. A second platform was 8 feet below the first platform. Employee #1 stepped on the inside plank. The plank broke, resulting in Employee #1 falling to the second platform. Employee #1 sustained contusions to the chest.

Keywords: CHEST, PLATFORM, STEEL, STORAGE TANK, WELDING, FALL, CONTUSION, SCAFFOLD, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127264752			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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