Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202013041 - FALL FROM ELEVATION

Accident Summary Nr: 202013041 -- Report ID: 0216000 -- Event Date: 01/17/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110606951	01/21/1997	7363	0	Comforce Telecom Inc

Abstract: An employee was installing two nuts onto two bolts on the bottom of an antenna mounted on the roof of a building. The employee was wearing a harness (Petzl Model No. 962548 2) with a rope grab. A 16-millimeter-diameter life line had been installed; however, the rope grab was not attached to the lifeline. The employee was either leaning over the 760-millimeter-high parapet or sitting astraddle it. He fell 16.5 meters to the ground. The employee died of his injuries.

Keywords: ROOF, LIFELINE, TELECOM WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ANTENNA, UNTRAINED, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110606951			Fatality	Other	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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