Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 733865 - EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL THROUGH CATWALK LADDER OPENING

Accident Summary Nr: 733865 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 11/05/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105791107	11/06/1987	4911	0	Pacificorp

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a catwalk 46 meters above the floor of a power plant stack. He was working alone, rewiring the controls for an elevator. He apparently stepped through an opening in the catwalk, fell to the ground, and was killed. The opening was used as a ladderway. The safety chains on both sides of the ladderway had been removed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CATWALK, ELEC UTILITY WORK, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105791107			Fatality	Fracture	Elevator installers and repairers

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