Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200571172 - Employee killed when struck by falling scaffold towers

Accident Summary Nr: 200571172 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 08/08/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310839170	08/10/2007	1741	238140	Robert H. Kepler Masonry Contractor, Incorporated

Abstract: On August 8, 2007, Employee #1, a foreman, was erecting a Mighty High Speed scaffold system when a gust of wind blew over two of the unsecured 49 ft tall scaffold towers. Employee #1 scrambled to get out of the way, but he was killed when he was struck in the head by the falling towers.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, HEAD, HIGH WIND, UNSECURED, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Manufacturing plant		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310839170			Fatality	Concussion	Supervisors; brickmasons, stonemasons, tilesetters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Struck by falling object/projectile

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