Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14346456 - Employee killed in fall from scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 14346456 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 11/19/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100380732	11/20/1985	1742	0	Isco Incorporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was dismantling scaffolding. He picked up an end of a scaffold plank, looked around behind him, then stepped backward into a 5 ft by 20 ft opening that a coworker had just created. He fell 23 ft to the ground and was killed.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WALKING BACKWARD, INATTENTION, SCAFFOLDING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100380732			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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