Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 14487813 - Employee killed when hit on head by falling plank
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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100509173 | 11/03/1988 | 1799 | 0 | Regional Scaffolding & Hoisting Co. |
Abstract: Workers were dismantling a 35 ft high scaffold. One worker laid a board on top of the scaffold and was about to lay another one down when he slipped. He dropped the plank to grab the scaffold. When the plank fell, it hit the side of the scaffold then hit Employee #1, a laborer who was on the ground, in the head. He was killed. Employee #1 was not wearing a hard hat.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 100509173 | Fatality | Concussion | Occupation not reported |