Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201352978 - Employee Is Killed In Fall From Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201352978 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 01/18/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308435742	01/20/2006	1742	238310	L & W Drywall Services, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308435783	01/20/2006	1742	238310	Cornn International, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
308435759	01/20/2006	1542	236220	Williams & Rowe Co., Inc.

Abstract: On January 11, 2006, Employee #1 was working from a Perry manually-propelled mobile scaffold. There were no witnesses, but it is believed that Employee #1 was trying to move the scaffold while he was on the scaffold platform. The scaffold fell over, and Employee #1 fell approximately 11 feet onto the concrete floor. He was hospitalized for treatment of severe head trauma, and he died a week later. Near the base of the scaffold was a hole in the floor. The hole was 45-in. by 22-in. by 3.5-in. deep. The hole was covered by a 0.75-in. plywood sheet, but it was not secured in place or identified as a cover. The caster of the scaffold may have displaced the cover and dropped into the hole, which may have caused the scaffold to fall.

Keywords: head, cover, caster, mobile scaffold, floor hole, struck against, construction, walking surface, fall, scaffold

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	2		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	308435742	Fatality	Concussion	Drywall installers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 11 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold
2	308435783			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:
3	308435759			Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Fatality Cause:

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