Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1002377 - Employee injured after falling from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 1002377 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 01/04/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104223888	01/04/1989	1711	0	Process Mechanical, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker had installed a scaffold on the outside of a tank, welded carpenter brackets to the tank, and installed a wire rope for the top guardrail, using wire rope clips for fasteners. They fastened one end of the guardrail and proceeded to fasten the other, tightening the wire rope clip nut with their fingers only. Upon returning from lunch, the two employees forgot to tighten the wire rope clip nut with a wrench and proceeded to weld on the scaffold. When Employee #1 leaned on the wire rope, it slipped out of the wire clip. He fell 10 feet 6 1/2 inches to the floor and was hospitalized.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, WIRE ROPE, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, TANK, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104223888			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Structural metal workers

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