Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200850055 - One employee killed, two injured by falling debris

Accident Summary Nr: 200850055 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 08/05/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300612744	08/06/1996	7349	0	Supreme Building Maintenance Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on the ground, and Employees #2 and #3 were on a window-washing scaffold, when bricks and other debris fell from the parapet on the twenty-first floor of the building. Employee #1 was struck and killed by the falling debris; Employees #2 and #3 sustained injuries, for which Employee #3 was hospitalized. The parapet from which the scaffold was suspended failed because its secondary tie back wire rope was installed at an incorrect angle, and because the dimension of the overhang was excessive for the parapet clamp.

Keywords: WINDOW WASHER, WIRE ROPE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CLEANING, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300612744	Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction
2	300612744	Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance
3	300612744	Hospitalized injury	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance

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