Inspection Detail

Inspection: 109885723 - Wilfredo Aviles-Louis Moreno

Inspection Information - Office: Manhattan Area Office

Inspection Nr: 109885723

Report ID: 0215000

Date Opened: 05/21/1990

Site Address:
Wilfredo Aviles-Louis Moreno
21 E. 22nd Street
New York, NY 10010

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1799

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: No Insp/Other

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/21/1990

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/06/1990

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 644054

Event: 05/21/1990

Employee killed in fall from bosun chair

On May 20, Employee #1 and a coworker went to clean windows in an apartment on the 12th floor of a building. They rigged a bosun chair with a rope from above. Employee #1 got in the chair and as he started to clean the windows, the rigging broke and he fell 12 stories. He sustained multiple fractures and was killed. Employee #1 was not using a safety belt or rope.

Keywords: WINDOW WASHER, FRACTURE, RIGGING, BOSUN CHAIR, ROPE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109885723			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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