Accident Report Detail

Accident: 126713.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Work Platform

**Accident: 126713.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/28/2020**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1477629.015	05/28/2020		Morley Builders Inc.

At 7:45 a.m. on May 28, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, w as working from an elevated platform and engaged in forming work at the construc tion 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 platfo rm, 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		Proj Type		Proj Cost	Stories	NonBldgHt	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	1477629.015	31	M	Fatality		Carpenters	FallDist: FallHt:40 Cause: Forming FatCause:

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