Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 649392 - Employee dies in fall when perimeter guarding gives way

Accident Summary Nr: 649392 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 12/20/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109048561	12/20/1994	1771	0	Julius A. Nasso & Associates Concrete Corp.

Abstract: At 1:43 p.m. on December 20, 1994, Employee #1, a carpenter who worked for Julius A. Nasso & Associates Concrete Corp., was working on a stepladder next to perimeter guardrails on the fourth floor. Witnesses said that he had been standing with his right foot on the lowest guardrail, which was a 3/4 spruce rail on a 13.25 span, when the rail broke. He fell approximately 55 feet toward the outside of the building and died of multiple injuries.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, UNSECURED, STEPLADDER, WORK RULES, PERIMETER GUARDING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109048561			Fatality	Fracture	Carpenters

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