Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14224174 - Employee Killed Falling From Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14224174 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 02/21/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17391244	02/21/1985	1799	0	Safeway Steel Products Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and three other employees of a steel products company were erecting a scaffold at the sixth-floor level of a building. All employees had picked up framing materials from the hoist, and carried them across the completed scaffold sections to the sections still requiring erection. While returning to the hoist for additional materials, Employee #1 stepped on the unsupported end of the scaffold floor board and the board became dislodged. The employee fell approximately 30 ft to an enclosed stairwell below and sustained a concussion. He died from his injuries.

Keywords: erection process, planking, unstable surface, fall, concussion, scaffold

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17391244			Fatality	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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