Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14444848 - Employee dies of heart attack, then falls from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14444848 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 05/25/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125426841	05/25/1994	1741	0	United Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:15 a.m. on May 25, 1994, Employee #1 was laying brick on seven-story building from a 21 ft 2 in. high work platform that was installed on a tubular welded frame scaffold. He was working near an unguarded end. A laborer went to the scaffold's south end to get more bricks. When he returned, he saw that Employee #1 had fallen from the scaffold and was lying on the ground. According to the medical examiner, Employee #1 died of a heart attack. The autopsy report indicated that the employee did not suffer any fatal injuries in the fall.

Keywords: HEART, HEART ATTACK, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, UNGUARDED, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125426841			Fatality	Electric Shock	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices

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