Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 146367.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 146367.015 -- Report ID: 0626600 -- Event Date: 05/19/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1597171.015	05/19/2022		238140	Gerardo Rangel

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on May 19, 2022, an employee was raising scaffold outriggers while preparing to perform masonry work at a new residential building. The employee attempted to jump from the east area to the south area of the scaffold but fell 12 feet onto the concrete floor, landing headfirst. The employee sustained skull and finger fractures from the fall and was killed.

Keywords: Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Masonry, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Skull

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1597171.015	60	M	Fatality		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Interior masonry Fatality Cause:

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