Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14386114 - Employee Killed In Fall When Bosun Chair Rope Breaks

Accident Summary Nr: 14386114 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 05/16/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100160886	05/16/1986	7349	0	Lvs Window Cleaning

Abstract: At approximately 8:20 a.m. on May 16, 1986, Employee #1 was working from a bosun chair, cleaning windows on the south tower of the Americana Congress Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. The rope supporting the bosun chair broke apart approximately 3 feet from the roof anchoring point. Employee #1 fell from approximately the 10th floor to a 3rd floor courtyard roof area, a distance of 60 to 70 feet. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:20 a.m. The employee had not been equipped with a safety belt attached to a lifeline, which would have prevented such a fall.

Keywords: bosun chair, lifeline, rope, work rules, safety belt, equipment failure, fall, fall protection, elevated work plat

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100160886			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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