Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200212165 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Elevated Work Platotform

Accident Summary Nr: 200212165 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 02/20/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310794409	02/22/2007	1771	238110	Alberto Lopez Construction

Abstract: On February 20, 2007, Employee #1 was operating gas trowel when he hit three 2-ft by 6-ft boards that were stacked on top of one another. The boards were nailed together and used as a hoist to raise the trowel to the third level. Employee #1 was smoothing cement with the trowel and hit the 2-ft by 6-ft boards and the trowel shut off automatically. Employee #1 was jolted loose of the trowel handles and fell through three flights of the stairway opening to the cement breezeway on ground level. The three 2-ft-by 6-ft also fell through the two stairway openings, striking Employee #1 in the face and killing him.

Keywords: BOARD, HEAD, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CEMENTING, HOIST, STAIR LANDING, FALL, STRUCK BY, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310794409			Fatality	Other	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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