Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 165347.015 - Employee dies after fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 165347.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 03/22/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1737925.015	03/29/2024		238140	Heine Brothers Tuckpointing, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on March 22, 2024, Employee #1 had been tuckpointing a residential building for approximately 4 weeks. Employee #1 was preparing the site and beginning work. Employee #1 climbed the scaffold/roof. Employee #1 fell from the scaffold/roof. Employee #1 was unconscious and sustained a broken arm and blunt force trauma to the head. First responders believe Employee #1 had a seizure as a result of the head injury. Employee #1 was hospitalized and subsequently died in the hospital from increased intracranial pressure from the blunt force head trauma.

Keywords: Arm, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Broken Bone, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Head, Residential Construction, Roof, Scaffold, Seizure, Unconsciousness

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Maintenance or repair				30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	1737925.015	49	M	Fatality		Distance of Fall: 30 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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