Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 118977.015 - Employee is killed in fall from billboard catwalk

Accident Summary Nr: 118977.015 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 08/15/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1423491.015	08/15/2019		238210	Lighting Maintenance & Service, Inc

Abstract: At 9:45 a.m. on August 15, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a lighting services company, was working from a billboard catwalk and installing conduit and electrical wiring as part of a multiemployer construction project. He fell from the catwalk, a fall height of 40 feet. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Advertising Sign, Catwalk, Construction, Electrical Work, Fall, Fall Protection, Installing, Lighting, Lighting Fixture, Work Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation				40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1423491.015	65	M	Fatality		Electrical and electronic engineers	Distance of Fall: 40 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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