Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200090165 - Employee killed in fall from third floor of building

Accident Summary Nr: 200090165 -- Report ID: 0112300 -- Event Date: 01/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300099397	01/12/1999	1741	0	Spino Brothers Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 and coworkers were laying cement blocks on the third floor of a new school under construction when it started to rain with increasing intensity. The rainwater was running off the roof onto their formwork, so the foreman and Employee #1 decided to work on the north end of the building. Employee #1 started to lay out the job there. A section of wire rope guardrail had been replaced with a wooden rail and brackets. He removed the brackets on the east side and was removing the brackets on the west side when he apparently tripped on a 1/2 in. piece of rebar that was bent over at floor level. Employee #1 fell outward and dropped 25 ft to the ground. He was killed.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TRIPPED, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	3	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300099397			Fatality	Other	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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