Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200540185 - Employee killed in fall from platform after having seizure

Accident Summary Nr: 200540185 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 09/17/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122672967	09/19/1997	1795	0	Mainline Contracting Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 3:05 p.m. on September 17, 1997, Employee #1 and a coworker were finishing up their workday. The two men had been performing demolition work inside the existing structure of an oxygen regeneration plant, and were en route to a metal grade platform that was connected to a set of metal grade stairs. Employee #1 and his coworker were to walk to the graded platform while tied to the guardrail, and then wait for a powered platform that would take them the 45 ft down to the ground. Employee #1 was stepping onto the platform when he seemed to suffer some type of seizure. He fell forward, through the adjacent steps, and then onto a second set of stairs. When Employee #1 first fell, his coworker was able to hold onto him briefly, but he was unable to prevent Employee #1 from falling through the stairs. Once he landed on the second set of stairs, he rolled, bounced off the side of the building, and fell to the ground. Employee #1 died of blunt force trauma to the head.

Keywords: HEAD, STAIR, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, STAIR LANDING, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		Demolition		$250,000 to $500,000	1	50	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	122672967			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with structure (other than roof)

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