Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200051928 - Employee killed in fall from scaffolding

Accident Summary Nr: 200051928 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 12/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303734867	12/16/2002	1794	238990	Double D Excavating, Inc.

Abstract: On December 10, 2002, Employee #1 was working for an excavating company that did concrete work. The company previously poured concrete structural pillars for the first floor of the hotel. Employee #1 and his supervisor were erecting scaffolding around the pillar to prepare it for the second level of structural pillars to be poured on top of it. Employee #1 and his supervisor erected the scaffolding to the level at which they were going to work. They were wearing a harness and lanyard. Employee #1 was also wearing a positioning belt on his harness, which he was connected with while on the scaffolding. Employee #1 had his lanyard double hooked to the "D" ring while he was working. Employee #1 and his supervisor decided that it would be safer to put one more level of scaffolding up to use it as a guardrail while they worked. The supervisor climbed down the scaffolding and preceded the scaffolding members to go up to Employee #1. Employee #1 had to disconnect his positioning belt in order to bend over and grab the member from the supervisor. Employee #1 grabbed the member and the supervisor turned around to grab the next piece. At that time the supervisor heard a crash and thud. He turned around and saw Employee #1 laying on the ground behind him. Employee #1 was dead. The supervisor called the general contractor's trailer immediately and told them to call Emergency Medical Services.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	14

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303734867			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.