Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 153070.015 - Employee is killed in fall from mobile scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 153070.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 01/12/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1644022.015	01/12/2023		238210	Mustang Electric

Abstract: At 12:00 noon on January 12, 2023, an employee was pulling wire on top of a twelve-foot six-inch mobile metal scaffold with no fall protection, no guardrails, and no outriggers installed. The scaffold tipped over and the employee fell, striking his body on the metal scaffold and then on the cement floor. When the employee fell, he struck his head and neck and was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Guardrail, Head, Mobile Scaffold, Neck, Outrigger, Scaffold, Tips Over

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1644022.015	42	M	Fatality		Electrical power installers and repairers	Distance of Fall: 12 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause:

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