Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202317707 - Employee Falls Through Kiln Manhole and Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 202317707 -- Report ID: 0950653 -- Event Date: 08/17/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303589121	08/21/2006	1791	238120	A C Equipment Services Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 7:05 p.m. on August 17, 2006, Employee #1, a welder, was working to cleanup a section of a rotary cement kiln. He was working for AC Equipment, who was contracted by Mitsubishi Cement to perform major maintenance work on the kiln. The employee removed an unlabeled and unsecured 4-ft by 8-ft by 0.75-in. piece of plywood that was used to cover the kiln doorway opening. He subsequently fell through the opening approximately 28 ft. Employee #1 sustained serious injuries to his head and died approximately four days later.

Keywords: HEAD, KILN, FALL, MANHOLE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000		28	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303589121			Fatality	Other	Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 28 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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