Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14402655 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 14402655 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 10/21/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100657915	10/23/1987	1741	0	Jose De La Garza

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING, 8 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL, ON A TUBULAR WELDED FRAME SCAFFOLD SETTING STONEWORK ON A GARAGE AT A PRIVATE RESIDENCE. AT 5:30 PM ON OCTOBER 21, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND, LYING FACE DOWN, ON THE CONCRETE NEXT TO THE SCAFFOLDING. THE AUTOPSY INDICATED THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS A BROKEN NECK. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, NECK, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100657915			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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