Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200102986 - Employee killed in fall through scaffold planks

Accident Summary Nr: 200102986 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 12/12/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311472278	12/12/2007	1751	238130	Big Framing Contractor Inc.

Abstract: At 10:15 a.m. on December 12, 2007, Employee #1 and a coworker were on an approximately 50 ft high Satellite S1200 Mast Climber scaffold, hauling wood through the fifth floor window outside the Gospel Church in Cleveland, OH. The stacks of lumber on the scaffold were wet due to rainy weather the previous day. Employee #1, was attached to an independent lifeline, unhooked himself and went to reattach to another independent lifeline on the opposite end of the scaffold. To do so, he had to walk the entire length of the scaffold without fall protection. There was an approximately 3 ft wide gap between the front of the scaffold and the building. Employee #1 was stepping on a pile of wet wood to reachthe rope when he slipped on the wood and fell between the scaffold and the face of the building. Employee #1's head and face struck against the building's window sill, and he landed on the metal base of the scaffold on the ground. Employee #1 was killed. Contributing factors in this accident were the lack of fall protection on the scaffold and insufficient planking. In addition, the required guardrails were not all in place on the rear of the scaffold.

Keywords: HEAD, GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, WALKING SURFACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SLIPPERY SURFACE, TIE-OFF, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	5		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311472278			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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