Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 202441945 - Employee Falls from Tank and Fractures Vertebra
| Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307458406 | 10/27/2005 | 1761 | 238160 | Rosscrete Roofing Inc |
Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on September 26, 2005, Employee #1, of a roofing company, was 12 ft above ground level on top of a stationary asphalt mother-tank. He was sitting on a flat, 2-ft by 2-ft box with his legs around a pipe protruding from the middle of the box. He was using a pipe wrench to loosen a coupling on the pipeline coming out of the asphalt tank. When Employee #1 applied a force, the pipe wrench slipped off the coupling. He lost his balance and fell backward and landed on the concrete floor on his hands and his right knee, fracturing both hands and one vertebra. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
| End Use | Project Type | Project Cost | Stories | Non-building Height | Fatality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other building | Maintenance or repair | Under $50,000 | 12 | ||||
| Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation | Construction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 307458406 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Truck drivers, heavy | Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof) |
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