Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201403961 - Employee killed in fall from gantry crane beam

Accident Summary Nr: 201403961 -- Report ID: 0552651 -- Event Date: 04/26/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
127140796	04/27/2000	1721	0	Genesee Painting Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was dismantling a 50 ft long cuplock scaffold erected above a gantry crane. He was sitting on a crane beam and a scaffold truss when he fell 48 ft to the ground. Employee #1 was killed. He was working without any form of fall protection and without the supervision of a competent person.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, GANTRY CRANE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Sewer/water treatment plant		Alteration or rehabilitation		$20,000,000 and over	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	127140796			Fatality	Fracture	Construction laborers	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 48 feet Cause: Interior painting and decorating Fatality Cause: Fall from/with ladder

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