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Accident Summary Nr: 14252829 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE INJURED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD LADDER

Accident Summary Nr: 14252829 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 04/16/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3019296	04/21/1987	1731	0	Bryant Electric Company, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT HIS LEVELING DEVICE ON TOP OF A 15 FOOT SCAFFOLD. HE WAS TOLD TO RETURN TO THE CONSTRUCTION AREA TO GET SOME NAILS AND THEN RETURN TO THE JOB TRAILER. AFTER HE GOT THE NAILS HE DECIDED TO RETRIEVE HIS LEVEL FROM THE TOP OF THE SCAFFOLD. HE HAD TO WALK THROUGH RAIN AND MUD TO GET TO THE AREA. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OBSERVED CLIMBING DOWN THE SCAFFOLD LADDER, THEN SWINGING BY ONE ARM. HE WAS THEN OBSERVED LYING FACE DOWN ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY SLIPPED ON THE SCAFFOLD LADDER BECAUSE HIS SHOES WERE WET OR MUDDY. HE LANDED FACE DOWN ON HIS HEAD. HE SUFFERED A SKULL FRACTURE AND CONCUSSION. EMPLOYEE #1 HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS BEING BRAIN DEAD. HE IS BEING SUSTAINED BY LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, LADDER, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE, CONCUSSION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3019296			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Electricians

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