Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200881019 - Employee Falls from Light Rigging Entanglement

Accident Summary Nr: 200881019 -- Report ID: 0215800 -- Event Date: 05/31/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307691568	06/01/2005	7922	532490	Martin Kappel

Abstract: On June 1, 2005, Employee #1, a sole proprietor, was hired to rearrange the stage lighting and curtains for a school. Employee #1 moved a series of pipes battens to the stage level at a school. The batten was slowly moving upward, after Employee #1 removed a series of light from a pipe batten. Employee #1 went up to the rope lock platform, and released the rope lock while hanging onto the rope for the batten he had just removed the lights from. Because the light had been removed, the system was out of balance. Employee #1 was propelled upwards, into the bottom of a catwalk. Employee #1 then released the rope and fell approximately 16-ft to the rope lock platform. Employee #1 sustained fatal injuries as a result of the accident.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, ROPE, LIGHTING, FALL, PIPE, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307691568			Fatality	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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