Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 104123.015 - Employee falls from work platform and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 104123.015 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 03/20/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1303718.015	03/21/2018		238990	Apex Rockfall Mitigation, Llc

Abstract: At 12:45 p.m. on March 20, 2018, an employee was standing on a small platform operating a vertical drill to open holes to install anchors for a steel mesh part of a rock fall mitigation project. The employee removed his fall protection system prior to his break, slipped, and fell approximately 55 feet from the edge of a rock wall. The employee landed on an asphalt road and was killed.

Keywords: Elevated Work Plat, Fall, Fall Protection, PPE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other heavy construction		New project or new addition				55	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1303718.015	40	M	Fatality		Drillers, earth	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Pile driving Fatality Cause:

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