Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 152671.015 - Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 152671.015 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 01/04/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1642322.015	01/05/2023		238130	D & E Building, Inc.

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on January 4, 2023, an employee was working from a scaffold at approximately 8 feet above a concrete surface installing wooden trusses when a scaffold brace failed and the scaffold collapsed. The employee fell from the scaffold and landed on his head and suffered fatal head injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Installing, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Truss

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition				8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1642322.015	61	M	Fatality		Carpenter	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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