Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201858800 - Employee Is Killed by Falling Clay

Accident Summary Nr: 201858800 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 02/23/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309582286	02/24/2006	1796	238290	P.D. Automation, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, of P.D. Automation, was removing a piece of angle iron from the inside of a clay storage tank. Employee #1 struck the angle iron which loosened the clay that was stuck to the inside of the tank. The clay fell on Employee #1 and killed him.

Keywords: LUNG, MAINTENANCE, ASPHYXIATED, INSTALLING, STORAGE TANK, BRICK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	1	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309582286			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior cladding Fatality Cause: Other

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