Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 167654.015 - Employee dies from head injuries in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 167654.015 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 06/21/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1757074.015	06/21/2024		562910	Unlimited Environmental, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:15 p.m. on June 21, 2024, an employee working as an asbestos worker for an asbestos remediation company was working on a crew with two coworkers. The crew was assigned clean-up duties on an asbestos abatement project. The crew gathered tools needed on third floor when a coworker noticed that the employee was nowhere to be found. After the coworkers conducted a brief search, the employee was found lying on south side of the structure with injuries. At approximately 12:51 pm, the employee had fallen from the scaffolding, the platform of which was more than 16 inches from structure. No one at the site witnessed the fall. The employee died from blunt trauma including head injuries.

Keywords: Asbestos Removal, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Cleaning, Competent Person, Construction, Elevated Work Plat, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Ground, Head, Inspection, Laborer, Scaffold, Scaffolding

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition			3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1757074.015	28	M	Fatality		Hazardous Materials Removal Worker	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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