Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200622744 - Employee dies from 48 foot fall

Accident Summary Nr: 200622744 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 01/12/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307205476	01/12/2004	1771	238110	Dyson Construction Llc

Abstract: On January 12, 2004, Employee #1 was assisting two coworkers to form a concrete beam on the third story level at the top of a stair tower. As Employee #1 stood on a steel beam, with his lanyard hooked to a fall protection top guardrail cable, he attempted to relocate to a scaffold that was suspended approximately 4 feet below and outside of the top of the stair tower. For some reason, Employee #1 fell into the stair tower and the fall protection cable gave way at a section that had been spliced. He fell approximately 48 feet to the concrete basement floor below. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: HEAD, WIRE ROPE, CARPENTER, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, TOWER, WORK PLATFORM, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	3		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307205476			Fatality	Other	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 48 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall through opening (other than roof)

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