Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14352843 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold being assembled

Accident Summary Nr: 14352843 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 10/28/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101876209	10/29/1986	1622	0	S. J. Groves & Sons Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers, all construction workers, were assembling tubular welded scaffolding on an incline. The scaffold's members were set in shell sand without sound and rigid fastenings. The employees were standing on one side of the scaffolding, preparing to attach the ladders, when the assembly shifted off balance and toppled. Employee #1 was thrown from the scaffolding and fell 50 ft into a cofferdam and was killed.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, LOST BALANCE, SLOPE, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLDING, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101876209			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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