Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200170199 - Employee killed in fall from tubular scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200170199 -- Report ID: 0257260 -- Event Date: 02/22/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300144946	05/23/2000	1711	0	Universal Fire Sprinkler Co., Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a tubular scaffold installing a sprinkler when he fell approximately 9 ft. He suffered a cranial fracture, and was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SKULL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

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	12	9	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300144946			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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