Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200643823 - FALL FROM ELEVATION

Accident Summary Nr: 200643823 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 06/14/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310998877	06/15/2007	1742	238310	Tri State Drywall And Acoustics, Inc.

Abstract: At 3:23 p.m. on June 14, 2007, Employee #1 was providing instructions to a coworker operating an aerial lift on the outside of a structure. Employee #1 walked out onto a truss, approximately 13 feet above the ground, then sat straddling the top plate of the structure, approximately 15.5 feet above the ground, and provided more instructions. The coworker operating the aerial lift turned to move the aerial lift, and then heard Employee #1 had fallen. Another coworker, on the same level as Employee #1, saw him fall, but did not observe the events leading up to the fall. Employee #1 was transported to Duncan Regional Hospital in Duncan, OK, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Keywords: TRUSS, FALL, AERIAL LIFT

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2	13	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Construction
1	310998877			Fatality	Concussion	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall, other

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