Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 521146 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 521146 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 01/09/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100763572	01/15/1991	1741	0	R & M Masonry

Abstract: Employee #1 was inspecting a tubular welded scaffold before work was to begin installing bricks on a residential building. The employee, a partner in the company, fell approximately 12 ft from the scaffold to the ground. He died as a result of blunt trauma to the abdomen. The scaffold planking was not secured and there were no guardrails attached to the scaffold.

Keywords: PLANKING, ABDOMEN, GUARDRAIL, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100763572			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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