Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201631900 - Employee Injured When Struck By Debris

Accident Summary Nr: 201631900 -- Report ID: 1054111 -- Event Date: 06/09/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304611452	06/12/2001	1791	0	Quality Tank & Construction Co

Abstract: At approximately 3:25 p.m. on June 9, 2001, Employee #1 was cleaning up in a storage tank when a piece of salt-cake weighing approximately 30 pounds fell approximately 50 ft from the overhead exhaust ducting and struck him in the head. Employee #1 sustained a cut to his head and two fractured vertebrae. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, DUCT, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, VERTEBRA

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	304611452			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Emplacing reinforcing steel Fatality Cause: Other

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