Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200100030 - Employee injured in fall from bridge scaffold, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200100030 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 08/12/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300101383	08/07/1996	1721	0	North Star Painting Co. Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3:25 p.m. on August 5, 1996, Employee #1 was doing quality control and touch-up painting on bolts under the Lake Milton overpass. He was transferring himself from a Genie boom-extensible articulating lift to a two-point-type of bridge painting scaffold suspended by cables when he apparently fell approximately 20 ft. He sustained injuries, from which he died a week later.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300101383			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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