Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14321301 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold when lifeline breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 14321301 -- Report ID: 0317000 -- Event Date: 03/27/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
832246	03/30/1987	1791	0	Sparks Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker, a store mason and a glazier, were caulking windows at the 46th floor of a construction site. They were working from a two-point suspension scaffold next to an outside material hoist. While the material hoist was ascending, its door frame caught Employee #1's lifeline. The upward tension on the lifeline pulled Employee #1 off the scaffold. His weight placed additional strain on the lifeline, breaking it. Employee #1 fell to the ground and was killed.

Keywords: LIFELINE, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HOIST, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	832246			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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