Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147306.015 - Employee falls off scaffold while climbing down, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 147306.015 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 06/22/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1604137.015	06/23/2022	1761	238160	152130 - R. E. Bengel Sheet Metal Company

Abstract: On June 22, 2022, an employee, who worked for a roofing contractor, was coming down from a roof. The empoyee was on the walk-board of a ladder jack scaffold about 5 feet off of the deck. The employer believes he may have been transitioning from the walk-board to the ladder when he fell. The employee struck the deck railing and then fell an additional 22 feet from the railing to the ground. The employee was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead later that afternoon.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Climbing, Construction, Deck, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Ladder, Ladder Jack Scaffold, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rail, Scaffold, Struck Against, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1604137.015	57	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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