Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200623528 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 200623528 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 08/23/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309227098	08/24/2005	1796	238290	Kone Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a scaffold guiding a hoisted deflector sheave to the top of the elevator shaft. Employee #1 fell approximately 41 ft from the scaffolding and was killed.

Keywords: INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, ELEVATOR, ELEVATOR SHAFT, PUNCTURE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	5	75	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309227098			Fatality	Puncture	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Elevator, escalator installation Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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