Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202461984 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Catwalk

Accident Summary Nr: 202461984 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 04/05/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311106850	04/19/2007	1795	238910	Mark Reed Welding & Fabrication,Inc.

Abstract: On April 5, 2007, Employee #1, owner of the company, was disassembling a waste feed evaporator at a citrus fruit processing plant. He was removing the cooling tower catwalks. As he knelt on one of the 6-ft catwalks, which had guardrails, he began cutting the welds on a 20-ft section of another catwalk. The catwalk he was kneeling on dropped slightly, about 0.25 inches, then fell towards the ground with Employee #1 still on the catwalk. The catwalk hit a ladder, causing Employee #1 to fall off the catwalk, and onto the ground below. The catwalk bounced off the ladder, hit the ground, scooped Employee #1 up as it fell, and pushed him up into the air. He landed on his face on the floor and was again struck by the catwalk, causing blunt force trauma to his head, resulting in his death.

Keywords: HEAD, WELDING, ABRASION, CATWALK, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, WORK SURFACE, CONTUSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311106850			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Collapse of structure

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