Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201118817 - Employee Falls from Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201118817 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 12/22/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126182401	01/05/2005	1389	237120	Matrix Services

Abstract: At around 2:08 p.m. on December 22, 2004, Employee #1, a boilermaker laboring for Matrix Services in Gaviota, CA, was working on a butane tank from an elevation of 20 ft. At the time of the incident, Employee #1 was dismantling scaffolding around several tanks when he unbuckled his fall protection lanyard in order to retrieve his cutting torch. As Employee #1 was moving to a work area, his lanyard became tangled in equipment and he lost his balance and fell. He suffered a fractured right leg and was hospitalized due to his injury.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BUTANE, WELDER, FALL, TANK, LEG, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126182401			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Welders and cutters

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