Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 918516 - EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM SCAFFOLD AND DIES

Accident Summary Nr: 918516 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 09/11/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107384406	09/15/1989	1761	0	Ted Frye

Abstract: Employees #1 was working from a twenty feet high pump jack scaffold with two other employees. The pump jack scaffold was not properly constructed and was improperly used. The scaffold malfunctioned leading to the fall of all three employees. Employee #1 was killed. The other two employees received minor injuries. The pump jack scaffold did not have guardrails or mudsills and poles were only secured at the top. Also, too many people were on the scaffold at one time.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, FALL, SCAFFOLD

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107384406			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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