Accident Report Detail

Accident: 170093835 - Employee Dies After Walking Off Decking Edge

**Accident: 170093835 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 08/03/1993**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
108918269	08/09/1993	1541	Buddy Clapp, Inc.

Employee #1 was preparing to go to lunch. He began walking across an incomplete 23 ft high metal roof deck, heading toward a high lift truck to take him to the ground. He turned his head to talk to another employee and walked right off the edge of the deck. He fell 23 ft to a concrete slab and died almost instantly.

Keywords: concrete slab, roof, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, inattention

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	108918269			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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