Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14278907 - Two employees killed in fall from elevated work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 14278907 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 06/23/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103354098	06/24/1988	1542	0	American Marietta Corp

Abstract: Employee #1 and #2 and two coworkers were approximately 52 feet above the ground installing a steel hopper from a platform inside a silo. When the eyelet, which was welded to the steel plate to hoist it in place, broke, the falling steel plate struck the work platform. The platform tilted and Employees #1 and #2 fell and were killed.

Keywords: STEEL PLATE, INSTALLING, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FALLING OBJECT, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103354098			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	103354098			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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