Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170609176 - ONE FATALITY, ONE HOSPITILIZED IN FALL FROM SCAFFOLD

Accident Summary Nr: 170609176 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/16/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120048236	06/01/1994	7819	0	Post Sound Corporation

Abstract: Employee #'s 1 and 2 were installing metal strips on an exterior wall of a residential building while on a scaffold platform. The scaffold ends were unsecured from the building to make way for the metal strips being installed. The scaffold moved away from the building as the work progressed causing Employee #1 to fall to the ground and Employee #2 to fall approximately 8 feet to the next floor below. Employee #1 was killed, while Employee #2 was hospitalized.

Keywords: PLATFORM, WALL, UNSECURED, FALL, METAL STRIP, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120048236			Fatality	Concussion	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	120048236			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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