Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 165783.015 - Employee dies from blunt force trauma in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 165783.015 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 04/08/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1741568.015	04/08/2024	1771	238140	156404 - Dale Haynes Construction, Inc.

Abstract: On April 8, 2024, an employee working for a masonry contractor was applying stucco to a building. The employee was working from the 5th buck of a five-buck-high tubular welded frame scaffold. Coworkers recently observed the employee on his knees while working. The mid-rail guardrail failed causing the employee to fall nearly 33 feet to the asphalt parking lot below. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple blunt force trauma.

Keywords: Asphalt, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Competent Person, Construction, Contusion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Equipment Failure, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Inspection, Installing, Parking Lot, Safety Device, Scaffold, Stucco, Tubular Scaffold, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1741568.015	58	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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