Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 130325.015 - Employee dies after falling from unguarded platform basket

Accident Summary Nr: 130325.015 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 10/06/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1495897.015	10/06/2020		236115	Viking Development Llc

Abstract: On October 6, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multi-employer construction project for a new residential structure. He was using a SkyTrak Rough Terrain Forklift with a homemade platform basket and installing exterior siding. The platform basket had no side rails, and the employee was not using a personal fall arrest system. The employee walked backward on the platform and fell from the unguarded right side, a fall height of 17 feet. He hit his head on a concrete patio. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he died of fall-related injuries two weeks later.

Keywords: Aerial Lift, Basket, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Concrete Slab, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Forklift, Guardrail, Head, Installing, Open-Sided Floor, Residential Construction, Siding, Skull, Struck Against, Unguarded, Walking Backward, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1495897.015	44	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 17 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 17 feet Cause: Installing metal siding Fatality Cause:

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