Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 82892.015 - Employee falls from conveyor and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 82892.015 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 02/08/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1123855.015	02/09/2016		423830	Material Handling Systems, Inc./Mhs Technical Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:45 p.m. on February 8, 2016, an employee was working from a decommissioned large conveyor line with a torch cutter, removing smaller metal conveyors running transverse to the large conveyor. The employee fell 22 feet to the concrete floor below. This was part of regularly assigned work duties. Witnesses working on the ground in the general vicinity heard a thud and turned to find the employee lying on his back on the concrete floor. Although, there were no direct witnesses to the accident, multiple accounts confirm the employee had been working on the top tier of the conveyor system. After the fall, the employee was hospitalized and died.

Keywords: Conveyor, Elevated Work Platform, Fall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			3	23	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1123855.015	42	M	Fatality		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: 22 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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