Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14485312 - One employee dies, another injured by fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 14485312 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 10/18/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17744475	11/30/1988	1731	0	Irwin S. Davis Associates Electrical Contractors
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
17743436	12/01/1988	5141	0	Flickinger

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were installing electrical conduit overhead in a warehouse from a Baker scaffold approximately 14 ft above the concrete floor. Standard guardrails had not been installed on their work platform. A forklift backed into the scaffold, causing both employees to be catapulted from the scaffold to the floor. Employee #1 died from injuries sustained in the fall; Employee #2 was seriously injured.

Keywords: INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, EJECTED, GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17744475	Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported
2	17744475	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
3	17743436			Occupation Not Listed

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