Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14332472 - Employee killed in fall from edge of building

Accident Summary Nr: 14332472 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 10/14/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101098051	10/15/1985	1796	0	Dover Elevator Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101098069	10/15/1985	1793	0	Jamco, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100338300	10/15/1985	1743	0	Rayner Tile Company, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101098036	10/15/1985	1711	0	Merit Sprinkler Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were trying to help two employees of another company move two pallets of ceramic tile with a pallet jack. The tile was on a balcony outside the perimeter guardrails. The wire rope guardrails had been let down. One employee was pulling on the handle of the pallet jack; the other three men were pushing from the opposite side. A piece of sheetrock had been laid between the edge of the balcony and the adjacent floor to keep welding slag from hitting glass that had been installed below. When Employee #1 stepped on the sheetrock, it broke and he fell 11 stories to the ground. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101098051			Occupation Not Listed
2	101098069			Occupation Not Listed
3	100338300			Occupation Not Listed
4	101098036	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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