Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 732289 - CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED IN FALL FROM TOP OF WALL

Accident Summary Nr: 732289 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 04/09/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103993994	04/11/1988	1771	0	Watson Mahaney Inc

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM ON APRIL 9, 1988, A CONSTRUCTION CREW HAD JUST COMPLETED CAULKING THE EXPANSION JOINTS IN THE CONCRETE WALLS FOR THE OXIDATION DITCH AT A WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. EMPLOYEE #1, THE FOREMAN FOR THE 6-MAN CREW, ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE AN ALUMINUM LADDER FROM THE DITCH WHILE STANDING ON A 15 INCH WIDE CONCRETE WALL. THE TOP OF THE WALL WAS 17 FEET ABOVE THE INSIDE CONCRETE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE WALL AND DIED OF HEAD INJURIES.

Keywords: HEAD, WALL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, WASTE PROC FAC, FALL, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103993994			Fatality	Concussion	Concrete and terrazzo finishers

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