Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 169146.015 - Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 169146.015 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 08/09/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1768018.015	08/09/2024		238140	Ner Construction Management, Inc.

Abstract: At 12:45 a.m. on August 9, 2024, Employee #1 was removing screen netting (also referred to as scrim) from the top level of a pipe staging scaffold that was being disassembled. Two other employees were on the same platform level, removing components such as pipe couplers, pipe cross braces, and plank decking. Surveillance video from an adjacent building captured Employee #1 falling backward from the top level of the scaffold to the pavement. The employee sustained fatal injuries due to blunt force trauma upon impact with the blacktop asphalt surface.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concrete Pavement, Couplings, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Pavement, Scaffold, Unconsciousness, Unresponsive

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation			5		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1768018.015	43	M	Fatality		Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: 50 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause:

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