Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133917.015 - Employee falls down elevator shaft and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 133917.015 -- Report ID: 0214200 -- Event Date: 03/10/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1518869.015	03/10/2021		238140	Maspeth Masonry And Concrete Corp

Abstract: At 7:45 a.m. on March 10, 2021, an employee worked to install masonry block on the over-run of an elevator beam. While working, a job-made ladder failed and caused the scaffold to collapse. The employee fell approximately nine feet down the elevator shaft and was killed due to total body trauma.

Keywords: Collapse, Elevator, Elevator Shaft, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall Protection, Installing, Ladder, Masonry Wall, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Traumatic

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			9		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1518869.015	50	M	Fatality		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 9 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 70 feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause:

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