Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14485122 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14485122 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 10/15/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100668284	10/16/1987	1711	0	Grand-Jude Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on October 15, 1987, Employee #1 was installing plastic pipe 15 ft above a concrete floor. He was standing 8 ft 2 in. above the floor on a 19 in. wide mobile scaffold work platform. Eyewitnesses stated that they saw Employee #1 in midair just before his head struck against the floor, resulting in cerebral injuries. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100668284			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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