Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14431704 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14431704 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 01/02/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100570324	01/03/1990	1629	0	Bechtel Construction, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers raised a Hi-Lo multistage two-point suspended scaffold, model #D-800, until the bottom deck was approximately 24 ft above the ground. The bottom deck was suspended below the top deck by two Yale 1 1/2 ton ratchet lever hoists hooked into wire rope attachments. When Employee #1 stepped onto the bottom deck, it became unhooked from one of the hoists and he fell to the ground. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CHEST, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100570324			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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