Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201353208 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Billboard Catwalk

Accident Summary Nr: 201353208 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 08/22/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310027461	08/22/2006	1799	238990	Barry Bolton Dba Bolton Signs

Abstract: On August 22, 2006, Employee #1 and a coworker were working from a catwalk to dismantle an aluminum tri-wave sign from a billboard. Both Employee #1 and his coworker were wearing personal fall protection harnesses and lanyards. There was a cable installed near the catwalk on which they were standing for their lanyards to attach. However, Employee #1 did not attach his lanyard to the cable. After removing a number of aluminum pieces from the sign, Employee #1 and his coworker bundled them together so that they could be lowered to the ground with a rope. As they lowered the bundle of aluminum to the ground, Employee #1 slipped and fell about 35 feet to a paved parking lot. He landed head first and was killed.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, DISMANTLING, PPE, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ADVERTISING SIGN, WORK SURFACE

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other		Under $50,000		35	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310027461			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 35 feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause: Fall from/with platform catwalk (attached to struc

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