Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200202661 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 200202661 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 12/09/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309253482	12/09/2005	1761	238160	Ars Atlanta Rock Slingers, Inc.

Abstract: On December 9, 2005, Employees #1 and #2 were working from a wooden trash box that was raised to a 30-ft high roof by a rough terrain forklift. The box had been site built and was not secured to the forks of the forklift. The box became unstable when one employee moved to the same side as the other employee. Employee #2 jumped to the adjacent roof to escape the box, and was not reported as being injured. Employee #1 was killed when he fell from the box onto a pile of rebar, then the box fell on him.

Keywords: FRACTURE, ROOF, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ROOFER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FALLING OBJECT, WORK PLATFORM, AERIAL LIFT

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309253482			Fatality	Fracture	Roofers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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