Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 86237.015 - Employee falls from scaffold and is killed.

Accident Summary Nr: 86237.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 06/20/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1157099.015	06/21/2016		237120	International Tank Service, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:15 p.m. on January 20, 2016, a 43 year old employee was welding the roof onto the lip of a tank and fell 45 feet from a scaffold. After removing a 2 foot by 12 scaffold board, in order to access the platform, it is assumed the employee unhooked and removed their harness and then continued to work without replacing the 2 foot by 12 scaffold board back into place. The employee stepped too close to the opening in the access point area, which resulted in the fall of 45 feet. The employee was killed from blunt head and neck injuries.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Floor Opening, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Tower, tank, storage elevator		New project or new addition				48	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1157099.015	43	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters	Distance of Fall: 45 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 45 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Welding/Burning/Grindi Fatality Cause:

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