Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 125408005 - Employee killed when crushed by falling tank

Accident Summary Nr: 125408005 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 10/02/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125408005	10/02/1998	1799	0	Stubblefield And Associates

Abstract: Employee #1 was hoisting a chiller tank when the rigging chain broke. The tank fell and rolled, pinning Employee #1 between the tank and a concrete block wall. He was crushed to death.

Keywords: CHAIN, RIGGING, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MECH MAT HANDLING, TANK, HOISTLINE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	125408005			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous material moving equipment operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Landing Materials (Hoi Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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