Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14523195 - Employee killed in fall from installed factory piping

Accident Summary Nr: 14523195 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 07/21/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103018057	07/26/1988	1731	0	Gross Construction Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was assigned with a coworker to rig and wire overhead heaters in a plant press area during production press work. He elected to climb without using company ladders that were available at the job site and he did not use a safety belt/lanyard system because the company did not issue them. Something distracted Employee #1 and he fell 15 feet to a wood block, sustaining a skull fracture. He was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, LADDER, SAFETY BELT, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103018057			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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