Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 155085.015 - Employee is killed in fall from canopy

Accident Summary Nr: 155085.015 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 10/31/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1629977.015	10/21/2022		236220	Avadek Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 a.m. on October 31, 2022, an employee was laying on a board attached to a counterweight realigning an aluminum metal canopy tubing above the entranceway of a sports complex. The employee had a harness, redactable lanyard, and wire rope attached to the counterweight system. The aluminum tubing shifted and employee fell 35 feet to a cement walkway. The employee died due to multiple internal injuries to organs and fractures to his back, chest, pelvis, and legs.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Concrete Surface, Counterweight, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Internal Injuries, Lanyard, Leg, Load Shift, Metal Sheet, Pelvis, Repair, Wire Rope

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1629977.015	35	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 35 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Other Activities-Installing Ornamental And Archite Fatality Cause:

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