Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 120385.015 - Driver is killed when scaffold pole collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 120385.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 10/01/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1435046.015	10/01/2019		238160	Drw Properties, Llc

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on October 1, 2019, Employee #1 was placing roofing shingle bundles, on a pump jack scaffold, during residential construction. One vertical and wooden (2 ft. X 4 ft.) pole, supporting the pump jack scaffold, collapsed and caused Employee #1 to fall from the scaffold platform, a distance of 20 feet, to hit the metal, top edge of a dumpster below. Employee #1 then sustained chest and head trauma and was killed.

Keywords: Chest, Collapse, Collision, Construction, Dumpster, Head, Material Handling, Pump Jack Scaffold, Residential Construction, Roof, Scaffold Collapse, Support Posts, Traumatic

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation			2	20	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1435046.015	33	M	Fatality		Roofers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause:

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