Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201520038 - Employee dies after fall dismantling scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201520038 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 04/19/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
123280174	04/22/1996	1542	0	Bartlett Brainard Eacott, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 11:55 a.m. on April 19, 1996, Employee #1 was disassembling a tubular welded-frame scaffold that had been used to replace some defective windows. He apparently lost his balance and fell 25 ft onto a cement sidewalk. Employee #1 was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he died the following morning.

Keywords: DISMANTLING, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, LOST BALANCE, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	123280174			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 25 feet Cause: Steel Erection Of Solid Web-Connecting Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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