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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 NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1663770.01504/14/2023238140A. 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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