Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201350857 - Employee Killed In Fall From Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201350857 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 11/04/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302734348	11/03/1999	1742	0	Suncoast Acoustical Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: On November 3, 1999, Employee #1 was one of several laborers who were receiving buckets of plastering/stucco material from the ground. The employees were on the sixth-floor level of a fabricated frame scaffold. The buckets were lifted from the ground by the use of a pulley and hoist line. Employee #1 was assigned to get the buckets from the hoist line and pass them to the other laborers. Employee #1 was standing on the scaffold platform with only a cross brace for a guard rail. The center of the cross brace was 48 in. above the scaffold platform. There was no mid-rail between the cross brace and the platform. Employee #1 fell approximately 65 ft through this opening and struck the ground. Employee #1 died the next day in the hospital.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, JAMMED, BRACE, FALL, MIDRAIL, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	7		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302734348			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 60 feet Cause: Plastering Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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