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Accident: 14305957 - Two Employees Killed When Suspension Scaffold Falls

Accident: 14305957 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 11/03/1986
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1844994211/03/19861799Professional Waterproofing Co
Employees #1 and #2 were caulking between the window and precast outside the 25th floor of the Stouffer Hotel. The scaffold support anchor gave way, causing the two employees to fall 246 ft to the pavement to their deaths.
Keywords: anchor, work rules, construction, equipment failure, scaffold collapse, two pt susp scaffold, fall, fall protection
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 18449942 Fatality Other Occupation not reported
2 18449942 Fatality Other Occupation not reported

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