Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 123425.015 - Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 123425.015 -- Report ID: 0214700 -- Event Date: 01/24/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1458214.015	01/24/2020		238170	C.B. Carpentry Corp.

Abstract: At 3:45 p.m. on January 24, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was installing cedar shake siding on the west side of a three-story residential building. He was working with no fall protection from the plank of an intermixed scaffold system approximately 20 feet above ground. The employee fell and landed at the bottom of a below-ground open stairwell under the scaffold, a fall height of approximately 25 feet. As he landed, his head struck the concrete stairway. Employee #1 sustained a traumatic head injury and was killed.

Keywords: Brain, Carpenter, Concrete, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Installing, Plank, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Stair, Struck Against, Traumatic, Unguarded Fl Opening, Wall, Work Platform

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			3	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1458214.015	30	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 25 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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