Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200201077 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200201077 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 10/29/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302560065	10/29/1999	1522	0	Gay Construction Company

Abstract: Employee #1 and two coworkers were on a HEK single-mast climbing platform. Employee #1 and one coworker were preparing to lay down planks on the extended platform that would come closest to the building facade. The coworker was on the east side of the permanent platform and Employee #1 was on the west side; the other coworker was standing in the middle of the platform at the operator's station. Employee #1 had put down four, 8 ft long 2 by 8 planks and told the two coworkers not to step on the planks because there was no support on the ends. Employee #1 was walking toward the operator when he stepped on the end of one of the unsupported planks and fell 70 ft onto a concrete surface. He was killed.

Keywords: UNSECURED, WORK RULES, WALKING ON PLANK, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	6	80	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302560065			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 70 feet Cause: Fencing, installing lights, signs, etc. Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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