Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200742286 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold platform on forklift

Accident Summary Nr: 200742286 -- Report ID: 0213100 -- Event Date: 10/31/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310523568	11/01/2007	1521	236118	Douglas Mccall Construction Co.

Abstract: On October 31, 2007, Employee #1 was painting a copper cap on a new addition that had been constructed on the south side of a building. He was working from an elevated scaffold work platform that was supported by the forks of a Terex SS 636 Square-Shooter telehandler forklift. Employee #1 was working alone and would position the platform with the machine, and then access the platform using a ladder and roof jacks located on the west side of the addition. At approximately 3:15 p.m., a coworker, who had been working inside the building, asked Employee #1 if he needed anything. He asked the coworker to lower the lift a little. The coworker said he had not even started the lift when he saw Employee #1 go over the side of the scaffold. He fell about 30 ft and died as a result of multiple traumatic injuries sustained in the fall.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, LOST BALANCE, PAINTER, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	3	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310523568			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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