Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202343778 - Employee Killed In Fall From Cooling Tower
Accident: 202343778 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 05/26/2002 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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305280992 | 05/26/2002 | 3585 | Ceramic Cooling Tower Corporation | ||||
On May 26, 2002, Employee #1, a foreman, was installing trim around the lower part of a walkway which surrounded a cooling tower, 60 ft above ground. He was wearing a full body harness with a single lanyard, and was about to tie off. He slipped on a piled extension cord, slid approximately 35 ft to the edge of the decking, fell 47.5 ft to the compacted soil below, and was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
cooling tower, slip, lanyard, fall, fall protection, tie-off, tower
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 305280992 | Fatality | Other | Supervisors; carpenters and related workers |