Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200672236 - Employee killed in fall when scaffold overturns

Accident Summary Nr: 200672236 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 12/28/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301890455	01/03/2000	1771	0	Ed Getsey

Abstract: Employee #1 had erected a 6 ft scaffold on unstable ground and then placed a ladder on it. The scaffold fell backward, causing Employee #1 and the ladder to also fall. He struck his head on the concrete pad and was killed.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, WORK SURFACE, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD

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		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301890455			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 12 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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