Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 1000322 - Employee killed in fall from elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 1000322 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 03/21/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18480236	03/25/1991	1611	0	Brown Brothers Construction Co.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18480251	04/09/1991	1731	0	Island Electric Corp. Of The Palm Beaches, T.A. Bo

Abstract: Several employees were performing maintenance work on a dust collector for an asphalt plant. They were 38 ft 1 9/16 in. high, patching and repairing a section of the dust collector that measured 3 ft 4 15/16 in. by 3 ft 11 in. Employee #1, a serviceman at the company's equipment shop, was helping a foreman weld a piece of metal onto the collector. A weld broke when Employee #1 tried to force it into place, and he fell and was killed. The work area was not protected by a guardrail system and the employees were not wearing safety belts with lanyards.

Keywords: WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, LANYARD, MAINTENANCE, GUARDRAIL, REPAIR, BROKEN WELD, CONSTRUCTION, WELDING, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18480236			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.
2	18480251					Occupation Not Listed

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