Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14542195 - Employee killed in scaffold collapse

Accident Summary Nr: 14542195 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 07/04/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1630995	07/10/1984	1799	0	Rumsey'S Steeplejacks

Abstract: Employee #1 was sandblasting a smokestack from a single point suspension scaffold. The rigging in this manufactured unity used wire rope clips and shackles. Employee #1 had descended from 60 to 48 ft above ground level when he contacted a metal flange on the stack, causing a momentary slack in the suspension wire rope. The basket came free, exerting a shock load on the suspension rigging. A section of the rigging failed at a wire rope-clipped fastening, the wire rope pulled out of two clips, and the scaffold fell to the ground. Employee #1 struck his head on the building structure and was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, WIRE ROPE, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, SCAFFOLD RIGGING, SUSPENSION STRAND, SANDBLASTING, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1630995			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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