Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14373146 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14373146 -- Report ID: 0523310 -- Event Date: 04/17/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106050339	04/17/1996	1799	0	Goedecke Scaffold Services, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was erecting a guardrail/scaffold under a bridge when he unhooked his fall protection lanyard and walked approximately 9 ft to help a coworker straighten an upright leg. While they were putting on the leg, the plank on which he was standing slipped and he fell 22 ft onto riprap (rocks). Employee #1 died of a massive baseline skull fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, PLANK, SKULL, FALL, SET UP, TIE-OFF, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106050339			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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