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Accident Summary Nr: 200604080 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Parking Garage

Accident Summary Nr: 200604080 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 09/16/2008
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
31131558409/16/20081799238390Southwest Sealants, Inc.

Abstract: On September 16, 2008, Employee #1 was using a Sky Genie, with a seatboard, to caulk the joints on the walls of a parking garage. The walls were on the first and second levels from the top. He tied the seatboard and life lines to the guard rail of a fence and went to get a drink of water. When he came back, he went over the fence and was adjusting his seatboard when the lines came loose. He fell 76 feet 2 inches to the ground, and was killed.

Keywords: BOSUN CHAIR, INSTALLING, HOISTING MECHANISM, LIFELINE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, FENCE, CONCUSSION
Accident Details
End Use Project Type Project Cost Stories Non-building Height Fatality
Commercial building New project or new addition $20,000,000 and over 7 76 X

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation Construction
1 311315584 Fatality Concussion Occupation not reported Distance of Fall: feet
Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 76 feet
Cause: Waterproofing
Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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