Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201352952 - Employee Dies in Fall from Aerial Lift

Accident Summary Nr: 201352952 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 01/13/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308435619	01/18/2006	1742	238310	Generation Drywall
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308436005	02/01/2006	1542	236220	B & B Enterprises Construction Division, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308435601	01/13/2006	1541	236220	Blackstar Diamond Corporation

Abstract: On January 13, 2006, Employee #1, the owner of a drywall company, was working with an employee to install drywall on a newly constructed building. They were using an Upright X Series, Model Number X20N scissor lift. Employee #1 and a coworker were on the platform of the scissor lift approximately 10.5 feet above a concrete floor. One end of the lift platform was not equipped with a guardrail. Employee #1 fell through this opening, and onto the concrete floor, striking his head. Employee #1 was taken to a local hospital, where he died later that day from his injuries.

Keywords: HEAD, CONCUSSION, GUARDRAIL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNSECURED, AERIAL LIFT, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$50,000 to $250,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308435619	Fatality	Concussion	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 10 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	308436005			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	308435601			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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