Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129826.015 - Employee is killed in fall from wall opening

Accident Summary Nr: 129826.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 05/02/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1313909.015	05/03/2018		238320	Cec Drywall, Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on May 2, 2018, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a drywall construction company, were working at a multiemployer construction site, a four-story commercial building. They were straddling the gap between a wall opening and a site-built wooden trash box that measured approximately 9 feet by 4.33 feet by 3.67 feet and that was elevated by a Genie GTH-1056 rough-terrain forklift. They were attempting to maneuver a Graco Texspray RTX 1500 machine into the trash box. The trash box was not secured to the forklift. As the coworker stepped back into the building, the trash box flipped off the forks, causing Employee #1 to fall a height of approximately 33 feet. The trash box, the Texspray machine, and some trash fell and landed on Employee #1. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Blunt force trauma, Construction, Fall, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Forks, Load Shift, Struck By, Trash Bin, Unguarded, Unsecured, Unstable Load, Wall

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition			4	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1313909.015	39	M	Fatality		Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: 33 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 33 feet Cause: Temporary work (buildings, facilities) Fatality Cause:

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