Accident Report Detail

Accident: 14320386 - Fall From Scaffold

**Accident: 14320386 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 07/17/1984**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1091438	07/17/1984	1761	Ford Construction Company Inc

DECEASED EMPLOYEE WAS ASSISTING IN THE UNHOOKING OF A MATERIAL CONVEYOR FROM A TRUCK HITCH. HE WAS WORKING ON A SCAFFOLD WORK PLATFORM WITHOUT STANDARD GUARDRAILS. THE RAILINGS WERE REMOVED SO THAT THE CONVEYOR COULD BE POSITIONED BY A THIRD FLOOR WINDOW. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PUSHING DOWN ON THE CONVEYOR WHEN IT BECAME UNHITCHED FROM THE TRUCK. CAUSING THE BOTTOM OF THE CONVEYOR TO FALL TO THE GROUND. THIS ACTION CAUSED THE TOP OF THE CONVEYOR TO CATAPULT THE EMPLOYEE OFF THE SCAFFOLD AND TO FALL APPROXIMATELY THIRTY ONE FEET, FOUR INCHES.

Keywords: guardrail, conveyor, fall, mech mat handling, scaffold

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1091438			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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