Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 802827 - One employee killed, one injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 802827 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 12/03/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105470579	12/04/1987	1793	0	Jennings Paint & Glass Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 discovered that the right side wire rope on a two-point suspension scaffold needed to be replaced. During his lunch break, he obtained a new, prerigged wire rope and was assigned to replace the kinked wire rope. The U bolts on the new wire rope were inverted. The two employees had just gotten on the scaffold and were tying off when the wire rope slipped through the inverted U bolts, causing the employees to fall 4.4 ft to the ground. Employee #1 sustained fractured legs and was hospitalized. Employee #2 died as a result of neck injuries.

Keywords: FRACTURE, REPAIR, WIRE ROPE, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, BOLT, FALL, NECK, LEG, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105470579			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Glaziers
2	105470579			Fatality	Other	Glaziers

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