Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 648766 - Employee dies after falling 12 stories from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 648766 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 12/01/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107198418	12/01/1993	1741	0	Yates Group Ltd.

Abstract: Employee #1 was restoring a building's exterior. He was stepping down from the 13th floor onto a 2-point suspended scaffold when he slipped and fell 12 stories through an unguarded floor opening. He had failed to connect his safety belt to the life line. In addition, the scaffold did not have a guardrail on the side facing the building, where there was an 2 1/2 foot wide opening between the building and the scaffold created by indented window arches. Employee #1 died from his injuries.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, LIFELINE, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107198418			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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