Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 660621 - Employee dies in fall from water tower catwalk

Accident Summary Nr: 660621 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 08/15/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18108738	08/15/1988	1795	0	Pittsburg Tank & Tower Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing 150 ft high on a catwalk prying sections away from a water tower while a coworker was cutting steel off the tower. A section of the catwalk gave way and Employee #1 fell through the opening to the ground. He died instantly.

Keywords: WATER TOWER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CATWALK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18108738			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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