Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200780518 - Employee killed in fall when work platform fails

Accident Summary Nr: 200780518 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 08/04/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300555141	08/04/1998	1771	0	Otn Contracting Usa, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was at the eleventh floor level of a building. He was working from a section of a form support when the concrete through which the platform support hole had been drilled broke out. Employee #1 and the platform both fell; he was killed.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, WORK PLATFORM

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Multi-family dwelling		New project or new addition		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	16	200	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	300555141			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 130 feet Cause: Forming Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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