Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14498190 - Employee killed in fall when ladder tips over scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14498190 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 10/15/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
893388	10/17/1985	7349	0	Lozano Building Services

Abstract: Employee #1, the owner, set a portable ladder atop a two-story high scaffold outside the Beaumont Enterprise building. When he reached the top of the ladder, it tipped over the scaffold and Employee #1 was left clinging by his fingertips to the thin, sloped concrete ledge outside the third floor. He hung on for approximately 4 minutes before falling about 36 feet to the concrete pavement. He was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, LADDER, FALL, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	893388			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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