Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 126713.015 - Employee is killed in fall from work platform

Accident Summary Nr: 126713.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/28/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1477629.015	05/28/2020		238110	Morley Builders Inc.

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on May 28, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working from an elevated platform and engaged in forming work at the construction site for a multifamily residential structure. He was moving the guardrails when his fall protection lanyard snapped and he fell off the edge of the platform, a fall height of 40 feet. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: Elevated Work Platform, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Lanyard, Residential Construction

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1477629.015	31	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause:

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