Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14333496 - Employee killed in fall from a balcony

Accident Summary Nr: 14333496 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 01/18/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109013532	06/12/1995	1522	0	G.H. Johnson Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1, a laborer, was cleaning up on the fifth floor of a condominium under construction. He was using a wheelbarrow to transport debris from the interior of the building to a perimeter transport point. The floor had been equipped with construction-type guardrails, but a previous work crew had removed the horizontal members while receiving crane-borne material and had not replaced them. Employee #1 walked backward off the balcony and fell. He was killed.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WALKING BACKWARD, OPEN-SIDED FLOOR, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109013532			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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