Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201281896 - Employee Falls from Scaffold and Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 201281896 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 12/13/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307835991	12/13/2004	1799	238990	Atlantic Scaffolding Company

Abstract: On December 13, 2004, ten employees, working for the Atlantic Scaffolding Company, were dismantling a systems scaffold that was built inside of a black liquor reclaim boiler. The scaffold was 100 feet high and 40 feet square. The employees were removing deck pans from the "dance floor" platform. As Employee #1 was about to be handed a deck pan, he stepped into a 9-feet by 7-feet opening in the floor that he and other workers had just created. The employee was not wearing fail protection as he fell 21 feet to the bottom of the boiler. The employee suffered serious injuries and was transported to the hospital, where he died the following day.

Keywords: DECKING, PLATFORM, FRACTURE, HEAD, CONFINED SPACE, BOILER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, WORK PLATFORM, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition		$50,000 to $250,000		100	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307835991			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 21 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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