Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200740785 - Employee Dies After Falling From A Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200740785 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 01/11/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303374243	01/26/2001	1542	0	J. Mullen & Sons Construction Co

Abstract: Employee #1 died after falling from a scaffold. He was installing furring strips while working from a Baker scaffold. The scaffold measured 32-inches wide by 6-feet high. Employee #1 was using a Hilti gun to install furring strips to the concrete block wall when he slipped, tipping the scaffold over and falling to the concrete floor. He hit his head on the concrete floor. Employee #1 was taken to a local hospital and operated on for a brain hematoma. He died 11 days later.

Keywords: FALL, CONCUSSION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		Under $50,000	1	6	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	303374243			Fatality	Concussion	Carpenters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 6 feet Cause: Interior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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