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Accident Summary Nr: 200271773 - Employee killed in fall from mobile scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200271773 -- Report ID: 0524500 -- Event Date: 09/25/2007
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31079804609/28/20071542236220Vernon Kuhns D/B/A Kuhns Construction Company

Abstract: On September 25, 2007, Employee #1 and coworkers were installing cross-cut material into the ceiling of a metal barn. Two employees were working from planks set on tubular welded-frame mobile scaffolds. Employee #1, who was on one of the scaffolds, had completed the material installation at the east end of the building and was ready to move to the west end. He knelt down on his hands and knees on the scaffold plank while a coworker took hold of the scaffold and proceeded to pull it toward the west end of the building. A wheel of the scaffold struck a piece of metal on the floor and the scaffold shuttered, but it did not tilt. Employee #1 fell 10 ft 8 in. from the scaffold, striking his head on the concrete floor as he landed. A coworker called 911; when Emergency Services arrived, Employee #1 was alive, but incoherent. He was transported to the hospital, where he died at approximately 3:55 p.m. on Septemebr 27, 2007, as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Other building New project or new addition Under $50,000 1 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 310798046 Fatality Concussion Construction laborers Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet
Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors
Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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