Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 840736 - Employee killed by falling beam while hanging from lifeline

Accident Summary Nr: 840736 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 10/19/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109630921	10/19/1990	7349	0	National Cleaning

Abstract: Employee #1 was window washing from a Sky Genie bosun chair that was improperly rigged. The rope suspending the unit was attached to a steel beam (W8 by 28) that was 12 in. long. This beam was not secured properly as the bolt securing it did not have a nut. When the beam broke loose from its bolt, Employee #1, who was tied off by an independent lifeline, hung suspended from only his safety lifeline when the beam fell and struck him in the head. Employee #1 died from cranial cerebral injury.

Keywords: WINDOW WASHER, HEAD, STEEL BEAM, BOSUN CHAIR, UNSECURED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109630921			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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