Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 156308.015 - Employee is killed in fall from top of stair rail

Accident Summary Nr: 156308.015 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 04/12/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1663770.015	04/14/2023		238140	A. Malek Contracting, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on April 12, 2023, an employee and the Site Foreman climbed onto the stair rails of the building's entrance stairway and held onto the scaffold's second tier frame with one hand, to place planks on the scaffold's third tier above, with the other hand. While performing scaffold erection, the employee fell approximately 3 feet and hit his head on the concrete steps below. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma to head.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concrete, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Maintenance or repair				7	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1663770.015	56	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: 3 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 7 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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