Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 759316 - Employee Killed In Fall From Manlift

Accident Summary Nr: 759316 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 07/19/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103965679	07/20/1988	2048	0	Adm Milling Co Fuhrer-Ford Division

Abstract: At approximately 8:10 a.m. on July 19, 1988, Employee #1 had just finished changing the belts on the screw conveyor in elevator A and was attempting to bring a 6 ft aluminum Emerson Electric Company ladder with 5 steps down the manlift. The ladder caught on the side structure of the 60 ft manlift and knocked Employee #1 from the manlift. Employee #1 fell approximately 25 ft onto the concrete floor and was taken to Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN, where he was pronounced dead.

Keywords: maintenance, work rules, struck against, caught by, descending, metal ladder, fall, elevator, concrete, unstable position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103965679			Fatality	Other	Millwrights

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