Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201042421 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Elevated Worksurface

Accident Summary Nr: 201042421 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 09/21/2005
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309403814	09/21/2005	1752	238330	Aja Construction Services, Inc.

Abstract: On September 21, 2005, Employee #1 was working without the required fall protection outside of the fall protection guardrail system that was used as an engineered horizontal lifeline. He fell from an elevated height of 120 feet and died.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, GUARDRAIL, LIFELINE, CARPENTER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK SURFACE

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

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309403814			Fatality	Fracture	Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 120 feet Cause: Exterior carpentry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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