Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201570223 - EMPLOYEE FALLS FROM SCAFFOLDING DIES

Accident Summary Nr: 201570223 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 04/07/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302066980	04/15/1998	1742	0	Allman Drywall, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a 24 year old male, had worked approximately two weeks for a dry wall contractor. He was working from a mobile scaffold that was approximately 12 ft high, with no planking and no guardrail. Employee #1 was tapping into the ceiling which was 13.25 ft high to install a sprinkler when he fell and died. He had not received training.

Keywords: PLANKING, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, SLIP, PLANK, FALL, UNGUARDED, SCAFFOLD, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302066980			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 13 feet Cause: Installing interior walls, ceilings, doors Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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