Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14377089 - Employee injured in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14377089 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 01/17/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1241868	01/22/1985	1799	0	Brand Insulations Inc

Abstract: At 10:20 a.m. on January 17, 1985, Employee #1 was installing insulation on pipes in a pipe rack for an addition to an oil refinery. He was working from a scaffold plank (also called a pick or a runner) that measured 32 feet long, 14 inches wide, and 6 inches thick, and was laid on the crossmembers of the pipe rack. The plank had not been fastened down and the scaffold was not equipped with guardrails. Employee #1 had been sitting on the scaffold plank and, as he got up to move along it, he slipped and fell 18 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized. A citation was recommended for the lack of guardrails. Employee #1 had been working at this job for 2 1/2 months.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1241868			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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