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Accident: 14499784 - Employee Killed In Fall From Storage Balcony

Accident: 14499784 -- Report ID: 0523400 -- Event Date: 09/27/1985
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
128042910/01/19853444Metzger Machine & Engineering Co
EMPLOYEE #1 ASCENDED TO A STORAGE BALCONY TO RETRIEVE ASSEMBLY PARTS. THE GUARDRAIL CHAINS WERE NOT IN PLACE AS THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL ABOUT 10 FEET TO THE PLANT FLOOR AND SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES TO HIS HEAD.
Keywords: chain, head, guardrail, fall, fall protection, unguarded
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1280429 Fatality Fracture Production helpers

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