Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110901.015 - Employee is injured in tank demolition fire

Accident Summary Nr: 110901.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 11/11/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1359641.015	11/13/2018		238910	Ace Iron & Metals, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:07 p.m. on November 11, 2018, Employee #1, a laborer employed by a metal scrap processor, was performing demolition of a tank/vessel while working from a JLG aerial lift. As he cut a hole using a propane and oxygen cutting torch, a fire broke out inside the tank. Employee #1 jumped out of the aerial lift and fell. He was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for burns from the fire and fractures to his pelvis and wrist.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Burn, Confined Space, Construction, Cutting, Demolition, Fall, Fall Protection, Fire, Fracture, Pelvis, Propane Torch, Wrist

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition			1

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1359641.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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