Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14508758 - Employee on ship killed in fall over guardrail to deck

Accident Summary Nr: 14508758 -- Report ID: 0316300 -- Event Date: 03/16/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17969890	03/29/1991	4499	0	Jacobson Metal Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on a 4 ft stepladder removing asbestos cloth from the overhead of a ship. He had one foot on the ladder and one foot braced against a guardrail behind him. The guardrail was around a stairway opening from which the stairs had been removed. Either the cloth came loose or the guardrail gave way, and the force exerted by the employee pulling on the cloth caused him to fall backwards over the guardrail to the deck. Employee #1 died 10 days later during surgery for injuries sustained during the fall.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, LADDER, SHIP, ASBESTOS REMOVAL, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17969890			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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