Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14403471 - Employee dies in fall from scaffold when bumped by car

Accident Summary Nr: 14403471 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 01/10/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102335361	01/15/1992	1721	0	Randy Kier Dba Image Installations

Abstract: At approximately 3:06 p.m. on January 10, 1992, Employees #1 and a coworker were applying decals to the canopy of a gas pump island from a 14 ft high scaffold. No standard guardrailing or diagonal bracing was provided. The casters on the manually propelled mobile scaffold were not locked. A vehicle backing out of a parking space bumped the scaffold, which started rolling. Employee #1 fell to the concrete parking lot, struck his head and died. The coworker held on to the canopy and was uninjured.

Keywords: HEAD, GUARDRAIL, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, BRACING, MOTOR VEHICLE, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102335361			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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