Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200851533 - Employee killed when machine falls off hydraulic jack

Accident Summary Nr: 200851533 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 02/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302939897	02/07/2000	1711	0	Vph Mechanical Corp.

Abstract: Employees #1 and three coworkers, all steamfitters, were installing a heat exchanger. They were using a hydraulic jack to raise the machine to attach a metal plate on the base of the it. As they were working, the heat exchanger fell over on them, crushing and killing Employee #1. One coworker suffered leg factures and the other two were treated at the hospital for trauma and then released.

Keywords: INSTALLING, HYDRAULIC JACK, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, HEAT EXCHANGER, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000	102		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302939897			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over by construction equipment during

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