Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170228886 - Employee dies in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 170228886 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 07/12/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110904463	07/12/1990	7349	0	Complete Window Cleaning Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker, of Complete Window Cleaning Co., were using a borrowed swinging scaffold mobile unit to clean walls. They placed a lockout beam with 150 pounds of weight serving as a counterweight on the staging. The staging was shackled to the other end of the lockout beam. The employees were not wearing safety belts and lifelines and the lockout beam was not tied back to the building or a solid structure. Something moved above and the scaffold fell four floors. Employee #1, found in the spider staging unit, died. The employer was cited for a serious violation.

Keywords: LIFELINE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CLEANING, SAFETY BELT, FALL, TIE-OFF

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110904463			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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