Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 709147 - Employee injured in fall from stairway compartment

Accident Summary Nr: 709147 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 03/24/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102086857	03/24/1986	1771	0	Weyher Brothers Co

Abstract: Employee #1 was removing concrete forms from the inside of a stairway compartment. He unhooked his safety belt chain from the forms so that he could move. Employee #1 then lost his grip and fell 28 ft to the ground level, which was covered with 3/4 in. plywood. The plywood broke and he fell another 14 ft 3 in. to the concrete basement floor, a total distance of 42 ft 3 in. Employee #1 was taken to LDS Hospital, where he was hospitalized with multiple fractures.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LOST BALANCE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102086857			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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