Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 162194.015 - Employee falls from forklift forks while installing window,

Accident Summary Nr: 162194.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 12/04/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1714737.015	12/06/2023		236115	New Beginnings General Contracting, Llc

Abstract: At 2:30 p.m. on December 4, 2023, Employee # 1 was working for a residential general contractor. Employee #1 was installing a window. Employee #1 was standing with the window on an scaffold platform which was comprised of a 41 inch by 48 inch sheet of 3/4" thick plywood ratchet strapped to the forks of a forklift. The operator of the forklift was elevating the platform into position for Employee # 1 to install the window. Employee # 1 was stabilizing the window that was also resting on the platform. As the platform was being elevated into position, approximately 19.5 feet above ground level by the forklift, the window struck the overhang of the roof which caused the platform to bounce, flexing and breaking the window which threw the window and Employee # 1 off the platform approximately 19.5 feet to the ground. The fall to the ground resulted in fatal injuries which were blunt force injury to torso.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Construction vehicle, Elevated, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Forklift, Forks, Ground, Installing, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Residential Construction, Torso, Traumatic, Vehicle, Window, Work at Elevation

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1714737.015	41	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 20 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 20 feet Cause: Installing windows and doors, glazing Fatality Cause:

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