Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200541670 - Employee killed in fall when scaffold is knocked over

Accident Summary Nr: 200541670 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 01/22/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311325161	01/22/2008	1741	238140	Kusler Masonry Inc.

Abstract: On January 22, 2008, Employee #1, of Kusler Masonry, Inc., was on a crew erecting a tubular welded-frame scaffold next to a mobile scaffold belonging to Burchick Construction Company, Inc. The mobile scaffold was wrapped in plastic for winter protection. A high wind caused the mobile scaffold to roll into a block wall, whereupon it tipped over onto the tubular welded-frame scaffold, causing it to collapse as well. Employee #1 was on the tubular scaffold when it was struck by the mobile scaffold. He fell approximately 25 ft and died of head and neck injuries sustained in the accident.

Keywords: HEAD, HIGH WIND, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STEEL ERECTION, FALL, OVERTURN, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311325161			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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