Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131905.015 - Employee dies after fall from site-built scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 131905.015 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 12/01/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1507646.015	12/07/2020	1522	236118	147058 - Cates Contracting

Abstract: On December 1, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a home remodeler, was working at a job site. He was attempting to construct a scaffold/platform with 2 by 6 boards of lumber. As he accessed a board, it broke, causing him to fall to the concrete surface, a fall height of 12 feet 8 inches. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of severe head trauma. Employee #1 died the following day, December 2, 2020.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Remodel, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Structural Collapse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1507646.015	47	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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