Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14236517 - Construction Employee Injured In Fall From Scaffold
Accident: 14236517 -- Report ID: 0953210 -- Event Date: 04/17/1987 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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102070612 | 04/29/1987 | 1542 | Nielsen, Vasko & Earl, Inc. | ||||
SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEES, WORKING FROM A 16 TO FOOT HIGH SCAFFOLD, WERE PLACING REBAR INTO A GROUTED WALL. WHEN THEY FINISHED, EMPLOYEE #1 TRIED TO TOSS A PAIR OF BOLT CUTTERS TO THE GROUND, BUT PART OF THE CUTTER GOT CAUGHT IN HIS PANTS. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL TO THE GROUND, SUSTAINING INJURIES FOR WHICH HE WAS HOSPITALIZED. THERE WAS NO GUARDRAIL OR OTHER MEANS OF FALL PROTECTION BEING USED. | |||||||
Keywords:
guardrail, fall, fall protection, lost balance, unguarded, scaffold
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 102070612 | Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Brickmasons and stonemasons |