Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200851632 - Employee killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 200851632 -- Report ID: 0215000 -- Event Date: 10/31/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302943220	11/07/2000	1743	0	Global Service Group Llc

Abstract: On October 31, 2000, Employee #1 and two coworkers were engaged in decorative face rehab on the lower floors of a high-rise office building. To reach the work area, they placed an approximately 16 ft tall rolling scaffold on top of an approximately 15 ft tall sidewalk shed. The scaffold tipped over and fell off the shed onto the street. The coworkers were able to leap to safety but Employee #1 fell with the scaffold, which landed on top of him. He was transported to the hospital, where he died on November 6.

Keywords: MOBILE SCAFFOLD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$500,000 to $1,000,000	40		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302943220			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Exterior painting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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