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Accident Summary Nr: 14436109 - CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 14436109 -- Report ID: 0931800 -- Event Date: 03/31/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2334027	03/31/1987	1731	0	Steiny & Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE PAINTING THE CEILING OF A SWIMMING POOL BUILDING, WORKING FROM AN INTERIOR HUNG SCAFFOLD. THE SCAFFOLD CONSISTED OF TWO TEN-FOOT PLANKS WHICH WERE OVERLAPPED AND HELD TOGETHER BY TWO 3/8 INCH WIRE ROPE CHOKERS. THE SCAFFOLD WAS HELD BY ROPES SECURED TO EACH END AND TO THE CENTER. THERE WERE NO GUARD RAILS PROVIDED NOR WERE THE EMPLOYEES USING SAFETY LINES. EMPLOYEE #1 SAT FACING EAST, STRADLING A PLANK WHILE THE OTHER WORKER STOOD IN THE CENTER OF THE SCAFFOLD. EMPLOYEE #1 LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 30 FEET TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE WAS KILLED.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2334027			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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