Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14454797 - Employee dies in 30 ft fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14454797 -- Report ID: 0728100 -- Event Date: 09/08/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101918167	09/18/1986	1521	0	Ron Elbert Construction

Abstract: Employee #1 was atop a scaffold, finishing a break of coffee and bread. As he was getting up to return to work, he fell 30 ft through the scaffold's guardrails and landed, head first, on a concrete surface. The back of his head was so severely damaged that an autopsy could not determine whether Employee #1 had suffered a stroke.

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101918167			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers

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