Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200074391 - Employee Dies Falling from High Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200074391 -- Report ID: 0453720 -- Event Date: 05/28/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314619925	05/28/2010	4581	488190	Triad International Maintenance Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were on a 25 ft scaffold, setting it up in order to perform maintenance on an aircraft. The center of the work platform was equipped with sliding floor panels which allowed the sections of floor to open up around the tail of the aircraft On top of the floor panels was a rolling platform the maintenance workers would stand on, while servicing the aircraft. Employee #1 and a coworker, pushed the rolling platform toward the tail of the aircraft, to put it into position, and discovered that six of the sliding floor panels directly below were open instead of closed. Subsequently, the Employee #1 fell through the opening in the floor of the platform as he pushed the rolling platform forward, landing on the concrete ground below. Employee #1 passed away as a result of injuries suffered.

Keywords: PLATFORM, AIRCRAFT, PANEL, FALL, CONCRETE, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314619925			Fatality	Other	Aircraft mechanics, excluding engine

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