Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 675090 - Employee dies in fall from mobile scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 675090 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 06/23/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105475990	06/27/1988	1542	0	H.G. Reynolds Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 was finishing sheetrock from a ladder on top of a mobile scaffold. The scaffold casters were not locked, and the scaffold was not fully planked or guarded with rails. Employee #1 fell 25 ft from the ladder to the concrete floor in the mezzanine area. He sustained lacerations and was found to be brain dead.

Keywords: HEAD, GUARDRAIL, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, BRAIN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105475990			Fatality	Concussion	Drywall installers

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