Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200220069 - Employee drowns in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200220069 -- Report ID: 0316300 -- Event Date: 04/27/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
116435496	04/29/1999	1721	0	P & C Painting Company

Abstract: Employee #1, of the P & C Painting Company, was painting a boathouse and dock structure. He drowned when he fell from a scaffold into approximately 7 ft of water. Employee #1 did not know how to swim and he was not wearing a personal floatation device.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, DROWN, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, LIFE JACKET, PAINTER, SCAFFOLD, SWIM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		Under $50,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	116435496			Fatality	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Drown, non-lethal fall

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