Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200624500 - One employee killed, one injured when scaffold overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200624500 -- Report ID: 0454714 -- Event Date: 09/14/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311552186	09/17/2007	1751	238130	Roy Davis

Abstract: On September 14, 2007, Employees #1 and #2 were installing wood siding and soffit blocks on a house under construction. They had erected one level of a scaffolding platform that was 5 ft high and had placed two 12 ft extendable ladders on top of it. The two employees ascended and were working at a height of approximately 20 ft when the scaffold overturned and both workers fell to the ground. Employee #1 was killed. Employee #2 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: EXTENSION LADDER, INSTALLING, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, BRACING, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	2	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311552186			Fatality	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 14 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder
2	311552186			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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