Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 132172.015 - Employee falls through scaffold rails and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 132172.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 12/11/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1508761.015	12/11/2020		236220	Westside Contractors Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on December 11, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at the construction of a new multifamily residential structure. He was moving a plank from the balcony deck to the scaffold when he missed a step and fell through the scaffold rails. The employee fell 60 feet. He sustained a blunt force traumatic head injury and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Brain, Deck, Fall, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Head, Material Handling, Plank, Residential Construction, Scaffold

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	Construction
1	1508761.015	48	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: 60 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 60 feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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