Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201492329 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Work Platform

Accident Summary Nr: 201492329 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 07/19/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312911266	07/24/2009	1796	238290	Environmental Pneumatics Incorporated

Abstract: At approximately 5:30 p.m. on July 19, 2009, Employee #1, working for Environmental Pneumatics, Inc. as a field supervisor, was supervising the installation of a scrap system in a corrugated box manufacturing facility. He was on a baghouse platform and was retrieving an elbow from the old ductwork, when he fell through a 4-foot by 4-foot opening where a blower motor had previously been removed. He was killed.

Keywords: FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FLOOR OPENING, WORK PLATFORM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$50,000 to $250,000	1	24	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	312911266			Fatality	Fracture	Sheetmetal duct installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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