Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 953760 - Employee dies in fall from ladder replacing Burger King sign

Accident Summary Nr: 953760 -- Report ID: 0355110 -- Event Date: 04/02/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105751663	04/04/1990	1799	0	Synder Sign Co

Abstract: At 10:58 a.m. on April 2, 1990, a work crew from Snyder Sign Co., Johnson City, TN, was repairing sign faces on a 16 ft by 16 ft sign at Burger King, Abingdon, VA. The sign was lifted from the metal column to the parking lot and two A-ladders were set up with a 12 in. wide work platform ladder between them. Employee #1 and two helpers positioned two new sign faces in the sign. The broken bolts were being repaired and new holes bored to hold the sign faces when a sudden gust of wind blew the unattached faces against Employee #1 and the work platform, causing them to fall. Employee #1 fell head first, striking the curb along the edge of the parking lot, and was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, HIGH WIND, REPAIR, STEPLADDER, LADDER, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK PLATFORM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105751663			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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