Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 758748 - Employee dies day after fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 758748 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 09/12/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104020466	09/19/1988	3444	0	Paragon Industrial Services Inc

Abstract: At approximately 3:00 p.m. on September 12, 1988, Employee #1 was on a scaffold doing touch up painting on steel structural members of a new building under construction. The scaffold tipped over and Employee #1 fell. He was transported by ambulance to Perry County Memorial Hospital, where he was found to have sustained fractures of the pelvis, arm, and leg, and was bleeding internally. Employee #1 was transferred by helicopter to Humana Hospital, Louisville, KY. Employee #1, a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses, refused to receive blood transfusions and died the next day.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LOSS OF BLOOD, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, PELVIS, FALL, ARM, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104020466			Fatality	Fracture	Miscellaneous hand working occupations

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