Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 14511000 - Employee killed in fall when scaffold overturns
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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100300748 | 07/12/1985 | 1711 | 0 | Ron Kinning, Inc. |
Abstract: At approximately 2:45 p.m. on July 11, 1985, Employee #1 was on the platform of a two-section high mobile scaffold working on the second floor of a building under construction. He was 9 ft above the floor, moving the scaffold by pulling or pushing on structural material overhead. A caster on one of the scaffold's legs rolled into an approximately 18 in. deep depression in the floor. The scaffold overturned and Employee #1 fell 30 ft over the edge of the building to the ground. According to the medical examiner's report, he suffered a basal skull fracture with massive contusions of the cerebrum. Employee #1 died at 7:40 p.m. in the hospital.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 100300748 | Fatality | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Occupation not reported |