Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200821999 - Employee falls from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200821999 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 05/01/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305160525	05/01/2003	1522	236116	Lincoln Contractors Of Chicago, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on May 1, 2003, a Hydro-Mobile scaffold was erected on the face of an apartment complex for masonry work. Access to and egress from the scaffold was via a small mobile scaffold erected in the balcony door opening. As Employee #1 was stepping from the Hydro-Mobile scaffold onto the small mobile scaffold, he fell in-between the Hydro-Mobile scaffold and the apartment building. Employee #1 died of multiple fractures of the body and head. The Hydro-Mobile M-2 Scaffold platform height was approximately 35 ft above grade. The horizontal distance from the small mobile scaffold to the Hydro-Mobile scaffold was 20 in. The vertical distance from the mobile scaffold platform to the Hydro-Mobile scaffold platform was 30 in.

Keywords: PLATFORM, FRACTURE, HEAD, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

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	5	60	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	305160525			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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