Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200200475 - Employee killed in fall from building under construction

Accident Summary Nr: 200200475 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 05/07/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300178308	05/07/1998	1542	0	Bovis Construction Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on the seventh floor of an office building under construction. Preparations were underway for the floors to be formed and poured. Employee #1 was on the perimeter edge on the east side of the structure, patching and filling post tensioning holes. He was on the exterior side of an outer column, between floors, when he fell approximately 80 ft to the ground. Employee #1 was killed. At the time of the accident, he was wearing a safety harness and lifeline. There were no witnesses on the seventh floor and the superintendent on the second floor, who saw something drop, initially thought that some trash had been thrown over the side of the building. He went to investigate and saw Employee #1 lying on the ground. Another coworker, who was on the ground about 100 ft away, was facing the building and saw Employee #1 fall.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, CONCRETE FORM WORK, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK SURFACE, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	12		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300178308			Fatality	Concussion	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 80 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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