Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 657734 - Two employees fall from scaffold into water tank, one dies

Accident Summary Nr: 657734 -- Report ID: 0134000 -- Event Date: 08/03/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122111685	08/04/1995	1721	0	J. N. P. Construction Corp.

Abstract: As Employees #1 and #2 lowered themselves on a two-point suspended scaffold, one of the supporting cables parted and the employees fell approximately 50 feet to the bottom of a water tank. Employee #1 died, and Employee #2 was hospitalized.

Keywords: BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, SUPPORT CABLE, FALL, WATER TANK, SCAFFOLDING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122111685			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	122111685			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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