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Accident: 14470918 - Employee Fell From Unsecured Ladder Atop A Scaffold

Accident: 14470918 -- Report ID: 0524200 -- Event Date: 01/30/1987
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
10325888502/06/19871522Wahlburg Construction Company
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTALLING DRYWALL. TO GAIN ADDED HEIGHT HE PLACED A 6 FOOT LADDER ATOP A 6 FOOT HIGH BAKER SCAFFOLD. THE SCAFFOLD HAD A MINIMUN HORIZONTAL DIMENSION OF 28 INCHES, WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH GUARDRAILS, AND ONLY 2 OF THE 4 WHEELS WERE LOCKED. THE SCAFFOLD SHIFTED AND TIPPED, OVERTURNING THE LADDER. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR AND WAS KILLED.
Keywords: guardrail, unsecured, ladder, construction, fall, scaffold, unstable position
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 103258885 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported

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