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Accident: 763185 - One Employee Killed, Four Injured During Scaffold Collapse

**Accident: 763185 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 09/18/1990**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
111055505	09/18/1990	1796	J M Foster Inc

Employees #1, #4, and #5 were dismantling a piece of machinery from a scaffold. A cut was made with a torch and the piece of machinery came loose and struck the scaffold, causing it to fall. Employees #1, #4, and #5 fell approximately 12 feet. Employee #1 fell onto a piece of machinery and was killed. Employees #4 and #5 sustained minor injuries. Employees #2 and #3 were working under the scaffold but had enough time to jump into a pit when it fell, and escaped with only minor injuries.

Keywords: dismantling, construction, scaffold collapse, fall, struck by

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	111055505	Fatality	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	111055505	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.
3	111055505	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.
4	111055505	Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Construction trades, n.e.c.
5	111055505	Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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