Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14567168 - Employee Injured In 21 Ft Fall From Scaffold Platform
Accident: 14567168 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 09/26/1984 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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15339096 | 09/27/1984 | 1542 | Martin Engineering Inc | ||||
Employee #1, age 18, was working from a 31 ft high scaffold platform, chipping away a portion of a wall for placement of a beam. When it was break time, a coworker got Employee #1 a carton of milk and threw it up to him. Employee #1 leaned over to catch the milk and fell from the scaffold. He suffered a fractured skull. Employee #1 was not tied off, nor were there any guardrails on the scaffold platform. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, guardrail, work rules, construction, skull, fall, fall protection, elevated work plat, tie-off, scaffold
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 15339096 | Hospitalized injury | Concussion | Construction trades, n.e.c. |