Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200514313 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Scaffold Into Water

Accident Summary Nr: 200514313 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 12/06/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310577804	12/06/2006	1791	238120	Northern Industrial Erectors Dba Plant Maintenance

Abstract: At approximately 7:30 a.m. on December 6, 2006, Employee #1, an ironworker, was working with a coworker on a swing stage scaffold, preparing it to be moved to another location of an ore dock. The coworker was attempting to get a kink out of one of the cables. A strap that tied the swing stage scaffold to the dock broke or loosened, causing one end of the swing stage to swing out from the dock. The employee was standing on the end of the swing stage scaffold that swung out. He was thrown 50 ft to the base of the dock and then fell into the water. The coworker ran down to the base of the dock and used an extension cord to lasso the employee's arm and hold his head above water. Outside, rescue personnel used a boat to retrieve the employee from the water, but he was not breathing at the time of rescue. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: EJECTED, DOCK, WIRE ROPE, IRON WORKER, FALL, SCAFFOLD, WATER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Maintenance or repair		$50,000 to $250,000		100	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310577804			Fatality	Fracture	Structural metal workers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 50 feet Cause: Erecting structural steel Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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