Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 688069 - Employee killed in fall down shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 688069 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 02/25/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108823345	02/26/1993	1711	0	Soehnlen Piping Co. Inc.

Abstract: At 3:00 p.m. on February 25, 1993, Employee #1 was lowering pipe with a roustabout winch through a mechanical shaft in a newly constructed building. The pipe was being secured by another employee at a lower level of the building. The roustabout was not set up properly and the limit was exceeded, tipping the roustabout into the shaft and taking Employee #1 with it. He was killed by the fall.

Keywords: HOISTING MECHANISM, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, SHAFT, FALL, SET UP, FALLING OBJECT, WINCH, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108823345			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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