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Violation Summary
Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 2 2
Current Violations 2 2
Initial Penalty $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Current Penalty $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
FTA Amount $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Violation Items
# ID Type Standard Issuance Abate Curr$ Init$ Fta$ Contest LastEvent
  1. 01001 Serious 3212 C 08/10/1994 05/26/1994 $0 $0 $0 -
  2. 02001 Serious 3210 B 08/10/1994 08/18/1994 $0 $0 $0 -

Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 170360010 Event: 05/21/1994Fall In Electric Power Generation Plant
A maintenance worker was cleaning up after the reassembly of a unit at a large underground electric power generating plant. He had picked up materials and was making sure that no tools or parts were left in the unit. The employee fell. (He did not remember where he was exactly, and there were no witnesses.) Evidence indicated that he fell from a height of between 9 and 14 feet, either from somewhere on the unit or from the main floor level. The employee was hospitalized for two fractured vertebrae and one cracked vertebra, with a prognosis of paraplegia.
Keywords: fracture, paralysis, elec utility work, fall, fall protection, vertebra, electric generator
Inspection Degree Nature Occupation
1 111967352 Hospitalized injury Fracture Machinery maintenance occupations

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