Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200050532 - One employee killed, one injured, in fall from platform

Accident Summary Nr: 200050532 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 09/02/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300053253	09/09/1998	1522	0	Irv Holst Builder Dba H And H Construction

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were working from a shop-fabricated, 14 ft 1 in. long wooden scaffold platform mounted on the 4 ft long forks of a Lull lift. A coworker had elevated the platform to a height between 24 and 25 ft when the platform failed and both employees fell to the ground. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 suffered a fractured pelvis, for which he was hospitalized. Both Employee #1 and the coworker were sons of the company owner.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PELVIS, FALL, MECH MAT HANDLING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3	32	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300053253			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	300053253			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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