Accident Report Detail

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 Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311315584	09/16/2008	1799	238390	Southwest 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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