Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 159067.015 - Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 159067.015 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 09/21/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1691193.015	08/16/2023		238140	7&7 Masonry Company Llc

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on September 21, 2022, Employee #1 (masonry worker) was installing 16 inch by 8 inch by 8 inch concrete blocks from a fabricated frame scaffold equipped with bracket-supported working platforms on the side of the scaffold nearest the block wall. Employee #1 was standing on a bracket-supported working platform decked by two (9 inch wide by 11 feet long) wooden boards. This working platform was located approximately two feet above the first buck decking and less than 10 feet above the ground level. At around 3:20 p.m., Employee #1 reportedly fell backward onto the first buck decking. Employee #1 arrived at the hospital at around 5:00 p.m. Within 50 minutes of arrival, while undergoing CT imaging, Employee 1 became unresponsive and died at 6:10 p.m. The autopsy identified the cause of death as "multiple blunt force trauma due to fall from height."

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Concrete Block, Decking, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Masonry, Platform, Scaffold, Unresponsive, Walking Backward

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition				8	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1691193.015	43	M	Fatality		Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: 8 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 8 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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