Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 800151 - Employee injured in fall when weld fails

Accident Summary Nr: 800151 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 04/14/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126491745	06/22/1998	1711	0	Carolina Production Maintenance, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was installing air lines on an accumulator. He was working from an elevated walkboard and had he stepped from it onto the accumulator carriage roll when the weld on the carriage roll broke. Employee #1 fell over 20 ft onto a concrete floor. He sustained a concussion, for which he was hospitalized. No form of fall protection was being used.

Keywords: HEAD, INSTALLING, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, CONCUSSION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	126491745			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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