Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 150311.015 - Employee falls due to broken scaffold platform, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 150311.015 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 10/05/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1626502.015	10/06/2022		238130	Mark Richard Construction, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on October 5, 2022, an employee and a coworker were installing soffit on a 20-foot metal scaffold platform. The 2-by-6 support lumber for the scaffold platform broke causing the scaffold platform to fall. The employee fell backwards over the side of the building approximately 20 feet to the ground. He died the next day at the hospital. There was no fall protection in use.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Carpenter, Construction, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Installing, Residential Construction, Scaffold, Soffit, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition			2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1626502.015	57	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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