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Accident: 14377501 - Employee Killed When Struck By Scaffold Guardrail

**Accident: 14377501 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 04/19/1988**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101348654	04/20/1988	1731	Hatfield Electric

Employee #1 was descending the ladder from the work platform of a one man Hi-jacker scaffold unit when the cage-type guardrail system unlocked and pivoted on the front lock pins. It fell backward and struck Employee #1, causing him to be thrown against the scaffold. His skull was crushed against the scaffold ladder and he died.

Keywords: head, guardrail, unsecured, construction, descending, equipment failure, fall, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	101348654			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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