Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 158110.015 - Employee is killed when struck in head by scaffold pulley

Accident Summary Nr: 158110.015 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/13/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1683379.015	07/13/2023		238140	Stucco Works Inc.

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on July 13, 2023, an employee working on a plastering project for a construction company was filling buckets with concrete. The employee needed to take the buckets to the second floor of a building using a scaffold pulley system. The pulley system fell off and the top part hit the employee in the head. The employee died from blunt force trauma including a concussion and neck injury.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Bucket , Building, Concrete, Concussion, Construction, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Falling Object, Flying Object, Hand Tool, Head, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Material Handling, Neck, Plaster, Struck By

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	Construction
1	1683379.015	22	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause:

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