Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149254.015 - Employee is killed after fall from unsecured scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 149254.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 08/15/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1618268.015	08/26/2022		236220	Kyle Arcement Construction Company Llc

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on August 15, 2022, an employee was standing on the platform of a Baker's scaffold installing tracks along the wall for metal studs. The wheels on the scaffold were not locked. The employee, while standing on the platform, tried to scoot the scaffold. The employee fell off the scaffold and hit the concrete floor 6 feet below. In the fall, he brought the scaffold down on top of him. The employee incurred head/skull injuries and broken ribs and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Broken Bone, Chest, Competent Person, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Falling Object, Fracture, Head, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Rib, Scaffold, Shoulder, Skull, Torso, Training, Unsecured, Untrained

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation			1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1618268.015	75	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 6 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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