Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14553754 - Employee killed in fall from tilted scaffold platform

Accident Summary Nr: 14553754 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 05/06/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
113892491	05/07/1996	1793	0	National Glass & Glazing Ltd.

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were working from a two-point suspension scaffold when the left winch lost its grip on the wire rope and the left side of the platform dropped. The right side winch maintained its grip. The coworker, who was on the right side of the platform, was wearing a body harness hooked by a lanyard to a lifeline that restrained him from falling. Employee #1 was on the left side of the platform and was wearing the same equipment, but he apparently did not have the lanyard hooked to his lifeline. He fell eleven floors and was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, TIE-OFF, WINCH, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113892491			Fatality	Other	Glaziers

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