Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 152334.015 - Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 152334.015 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 12/20/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1640446.015	12/20/2022		238140	The Atlantic Company Of America, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on December 20, 2022, an employee was helping prepare the swing scaffold for the day by adding a section. After donning a harness, the employee entered the scaffold and starting operating the hoist on the south end. While nearing the work area, an estimated 7-feet above ground level, the employee leaned back against the rail on the scaffold. Once the employee placed his weight on the top railing, it gave way causing him to fall backwards off the scaffold onto hardened clay. The employee suffered a fractured skull and neck and died due to his injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Harness, Head, Hoist, Installing, Leaning over, Neck, Rail, Scaffold, Skull

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair			4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1640446.015	60	M	Fatality		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 7 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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