Inspection Detail

Inspection: 109057471 - Sims Construction Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Oklahoma City Area Office

Inspection Nr: 109057471

Report ID: 0627700

Date Opened: 03/03/1993

Site Address:
Sims Construction Co.
7518 N. May
Oklahoma City, OK 73116

Mailing Address:
4201 Lindberg Dr., Addison, TX 75244

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1742

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/04/1993

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/15/1993

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361146756

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14241814

Event: 02/26/1993

Employee falls from elevated scaffold and dies days later

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on February 26, 1993, Employee #1 was hanging ceiling tiles while standing on a 6 ft high mobile scaffold with no guardrails. While using a laser to line up wires for the ceiling grid, Employee #1 stepped off the end of the scaffold and fell backward. Employee #1 died several days later from complications resulting from the fall.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, CEILING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109057471			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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