Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 159974.015 - Employee dies from head trauma in fall when scaffold collaps

Accident Summary Nr: 159974.015 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/14/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1697966.015	09/14/2023		236220	Bbc Construction

Abstract: At 12:25 p.m. on September 14, 2023, an employee working as a construction laborer for a general construction contractor was performing carpentry work during a home renovation. The employee was a fulltime employee for the employer. The employee had started his regular shift and, according to a coworker who saw him last, was working from a scaffold. The employee had finished his work and was putting his tools away when the scaffold collapsed. The employee fell 15 feet and sustained a serious injury to his head, killing him.

Keywords: Carpenter, Collapse, Competent Person, Construction, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Laborer, Renovation, Scaffold, Scaffold Collapse, Structural Collapse

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1697966.015	57	M	Fatality		Construction laborers

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