Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 920249 - Two employees killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 920249 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/01/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106954084	07/01/1992	1751	0	B & H Industries Of S.W. Florida Dba Rolsafe

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 boarded a scaffold on ground level and rode to the ninth floor, without hooking their harnesses to the lifeline. Upon reaching the ninth floor, the employees left the scaffold and went into the building for parts for installing shutters. They returned to the scaffold and within two minutes, the wire rope on one side came loose and the scaffold fell, hurling Employees #1 and #2 to their deaths.

Keywords: LIFELINE, WIRE ROPE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD RIGGING, TIE-OFF, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106954084			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	106954084			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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