Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 595736 - Employee killed in fall from 7th floor balcony

Accident Summary Nr: 595736 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 09/24/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212475	09/24/1991	1742	0	Transition Interior Finishing, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212459	09/25/1991	1742	0	Columbia Sussex Corporation
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212483	09/25/1991	1711	0	Mock Plumbing Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212558	09/25/1991	1751	0	Diversified Tech., Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212541	09/25/1991	1731	0	Quality Control Electric, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212533	09/25/1991	1796	0	Dover Elevator Company
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212525	09/25/1991	1761	0	Biltarm Sheet Metal
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212517	09/25/1991	1711	0	R.L.C. Mechanical, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212509	09/25/1991	1741	0	Baker Masonry, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212467	09/25/1991	1742	0	Schreiber Commercial Construction
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212442	09/25/1991	1793	0	S.G.C. Enterprise, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106212491	09/25/1991	1711	0	Tompkins-Beckwith Fire Protection

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker were setting up a scaffold between two balconies. One of the boards placed between the open-sided balconies was dislodged and began to fall. The employee, attempting to stop the board from falling, lost his balance and fell to the ground floor. There were no guardrails around the balcony and no other fall protection available.

Keywords: LOST BALANCE, GUARDRAIL, FALL PROTECTION, FALL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106212475	Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	106212459			Occupation Not Listed
3	106212483			Occupation Not Listed
4	106212558			Occupation Not Listed
5	106212541			Occupation Not Listed
6	106212533			Occupation Not Listed
7	106212525			Occupation Not Listed
8	106212517			Occupation Not Listed
9	106212509			Occupation Not Listed
10	106212467			Occupation Not Listed
11	106212442			Occupation Not Listed
12	106212491			Occupation Not Listed

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