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Accident: 201691334 - Employee Dies After Fall From Elevated Platform

Accident: 201691334 -- Report ID: 0950662 -- Event Date: 03/25/2004
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30127899003/29/20044493Ventura Harbor Boat Yard
On March 25, 2004, Employee #1, with Ventura Harbor Boat Yard, was preparing a dry-docked boat for painting. He was on a forklift-mounted platform elevated approximately 15 ft., wiping the hull with a cloth. The platform was not equipped with guardrails at each end. After stepping off one end of the platform, Employee #1 fell approximately 15 feet to a concrete surface. He was hospitalized at Ventura County Hospital for a blunt force injury to his right forehead and a fractured right wrist and right hip. Employee #1 died from his injuries two days later.
Keywords: fracture, guardrail, forehead, paint, ship, fall, fall protection, elevated work plat, hip, wrist
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 301278990 Fatality Fracture Painting and paint spraying machine operators

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