Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14540777 - One employee dies, one injured in fall with scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14540777 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 07/07/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100984095	07/13/1989	1721	0	Reinerg Construction Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were painting a large steel gas tank from a two point suspended scaffold without safety belts and lanyards attached to a lifeline. When the scaffold fell during a sudden wind storm, both employees fell with it. They sustained multiple injuries: Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 survived.

Keywords: STORM, HIGH WIND, CONSTRUCTION, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PAINTER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100984095			Fatality	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance
2	100984095			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance

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