Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14554794 - Employee dies from injuries when scaffold platform falls

Accident Summary Nr: 14554794 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 05/17/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100885144	06/07/1990	3499	0	Cushman, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on May 17, 1990, Employee #1, a storeroom clerk since 1984, was working from a self-propelled Mark Pal mobile platform, model 5PIG. The wooden platform was raised 7 ft when the front half of the platform fell through the metal frame and Employee #1 dropped to the metal base. He suffered a broken leg and vertebra. Employee #1 was released from the hospital on May 27, 1990. In June, he was taken to the hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival. Indicators suggest that his death was related to injury complications, but the autopsy results were still pending at the time this report was filed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, UNSECURED, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, VERTEBRA, WORK PLATFORM, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100885144			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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