Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200601052 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200601052 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 06/30/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303414841	06/30/2000	1721	0	T. M. Ross Painting Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a scaffold, painting overhead, when he slipped on the uneven surface created by unevenly laid planks between platforms. He fell approximately 45 ft 6 in. through the opening below the top guardrail, striking the rail of a lower scaffold section before landing on the hard-packed earth. Employee #1 was killed. The scaffold guardrail system was missing both the midrail and the toeboard.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, MIDRAIL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	2	45	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303414841			Fatality	Other	Painters, construction and maintenance	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 45 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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