Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14399596 - Employee killed in fall from joist on scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14399596 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 11/06/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100313170	11/07/1985	1629	0	Olson Construction Company Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on an aluminum joist that had been placed on steel I-beams erected on a tubular scaffold inside a 100 ft diameter concrete wastewater treatment tank. A joist had not yet been placed on one side. He lost his balance and fell 35 feet off that side to the concrete floor of the tank. He was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100313170			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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