Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200921740 - Employee Dies after Fall

Accident Summary Nr: 200921740 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 02/22/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308691773	02/22/2005	1711	238220	S. D. Boggs Co, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308691765	02/22/2005	1541	236210	Revelle Builders, Inc.

Abstract: On February 22, 2005, Employee #1 was working alone making the plumbing connections to a water heater located on the top of a small office inside a shop under construction. In order to access the top of the office, he may have used either an 8-ft fiberglass stepladder (open or closed, and leaning against the office) or a single-level rolling scaffold with the prefabricated platform installed at 58 in. above the floor. Employee #1 fell while using one of these pieces of equipment to climb up or ascend, crushing the right side of his head. He was transported to Norfolk General Hospital, where he died two days later. The ladder and scaffold were found overturned. There were no witnesses to any portion of the incident.

Keywords: PLUMBING, WATER HEATER, EXTENSION LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		Under $50,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308691773			Fatality	Fracture	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 9 feet Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures Fatality Cause: Fall, other
2	308691765					Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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