Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14454029 - Employee killed in fall from storage bin

Accident Summary Nr: 14454029 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 07/06/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104198510	07/08/1987	2087	0	Sethness Products Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and a coworker climbed a ladder to the tops of four caramel color storage bins to measure for piping that was to be installed on top of them. One of the bins had a handrail and they crawled over the handrail to gain access to the three other bins, each of which was about 1 ft apart from the others. They were moving from one bin to another, when Employee #1 misstepped on the second bin and fell 23 ft 5 in. onto concrete. He was killed.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, STORAGE BIN, WORK RULES, TRIPPED, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104198510			Fatality	Concussion	Machinery maintenance occupations

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