Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201921624 - Employee Killed In Fall Into Tank of Fuel Oil

Accident Summary Nr: 201921624 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 06/16/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123619199	06/19/2000	1629	0	Triple S Industrial Corporation

Abstract: Three employees were in the process of installing an addition to the existing platform on Tank Number 441 when Employee #1 fell through the tank roof. The scope of the work did not require any of the employees to actually get onto the roof. However, Employee #1 fell through the roof approximately 6 ft from the rim of the tank as the work was being completed. Employee #1 fell approximately 40 ft into 8.5 ft of Number 2 fuel oil. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, PLATFORM, ASPHYXIATED, ROOF, STORAGE TANK, FALL

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Refinery		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000		40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123619199			Fatality	Asphyxia	Boilermakers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Drown, non-lethal fall

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