Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 156209.015 - Employee dies of multiple trauma in fall while installing sc

Accident Summary Nr: 156209.015 -- Report ID: 0936300 -- Event Date: 05/02/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1669167.015	05/10/2023		236220	Manu'A Development Services

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on May 2, 2023, an employee working as a carpenter for building contractor was affixing a platform for a second level scaffold to the scaffold frame. A witness stated that the employee was using a hammer and nails to attach the wooden scaffolding platform to the scaffold support when he fell through the opening between the scaffolding and the second story of the building. The witness stated the employee was not on the scaffold, but rather leaning out over it from the second level opening that led out to the second level supported wooden scaffold. There was an opening of 38 inches between the side of the building and the scaffold platform that the employee was attaching. He fell 14 feet to the concrete floor below. The Chief Medical Officer who signed the Death Certificate stated that the injuries were consistent with falling from a leaning out posture. All of the employee's ribs were broken, implying that he fell in a prone position, with his chest hitting the concrete. The employee died as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Carpenter, Chest, Concrete, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Harness, Installing, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Leaning over, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Rib, Scaffold, Work Surface

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1669167.015	62	M	Fatality		Carpenters	Distance of Fall: 14 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause:

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