Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 170696140 - Employee Injured In Fall From Unguarded Raised Platform

**Accident: 170696140 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 02/04/1994**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
119803567	03/08/1994	1751	Gerdes Construction Inc

Employee #1 was installing insulation from an elevated platform approximately 10 ft above the ground. He was working at the edge of the platform when the insulation material became tangled. He attempted to hold onto the materials to straighten them out, but fell off the edge of the platform. There were no guardrails on the platform.

Keywords: guardrail, installing, work rules, construction, fall, fall protection, elevated work plat

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	119803567			Hospitalized injury	Other	Carpenters

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