Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202005153 - Employee Is Killed While Sandblasting

Accident Summary Nr: 202005153 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 06/23/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116022708	06/25/2008	1799	238990	Corrosion Control Corporation

Abstract: On June 23, 2008, Employee #1 was sandblasting. He did not respond to a call for exiting and was found unconscious. He was not wearing a harness. After attempts to revive him with cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Employee #1 died. He died from a massive left hemothorax, laceration of the left lung and pulmonary artery, as well as from multiple fractures and closed head injuries. Employee #1 was on the job for 20 days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, LUNG, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, PROTECTIVE CLOTHING, CONSTRUCTION, LACERATION, FALL, ARTERY, SANDBLASTING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116022708			Fatality	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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