Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200851368 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200851368 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 07/08/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109895292	07/08/1999	1542	0	Beacon Tower Contracting

Abstract: Employee #1 was engaged in masonry work from the platform of a three-level tubular welded-frame scaffold. Crossbraces were being used for fall protection on most of the scaffold, except at the section where Employee #1 was located, which housed a well wheel hoist and an extension ladder for access to the scaffold. He was killed when he fell approximately 15 ft from the scaffold platform onto a concrete floor.

Keywords: GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRACING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	1	15	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	109895292			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 15 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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