Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201066933 - Scaffold Collapse Kills One Employee

Accident Summary Nr: 201066933 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 11/07/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301118782	11/17/2003	1742	238310	Keenan Hopkins Schmidt & Stowell (Khs&S)

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 a.m. on November 17, 2003, Employee #1 was standing on a scaffold at the seventh-story level of the southern elevation of the building receiving "Densglass" that was being hoisted up from the ground level. The scaffold collapsed and Employee #1 fell to the ground landing in the debris of scaffold frames, lumber and construction material that had fallen with the scaffold. Employee #1 had been working with a coworker at the time of the collapse. The coworker was uninjured. Employee #1 was hospitalized and succumbed to his injuries and died on November 26, 2003.

Keywords: HEAD, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, CONCUSSION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$5,000,000 to $20,000,000	10	140	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301118782			Fatality	Concussion	Carpenter apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 70 feet Cause: Waterproofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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