Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201750379 - Employee falls from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201750379 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 09/25/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302306410	09/25/1998	1741	0	Pearson Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working on a Morgen elevated scaffold at a height of 24 ft while erecting a wall for a new retail store. Employee #1 was working on the laborers section moving 8-in. block for the mason when he stepped onto an unsecured sheet of plywood being used as a plank. The plywood slid to one side and he fell 24 ft 19 in. and was impaled by one of the leveling screws that supported the scaffold. Employee #1 was removed from the screw by emergency medical personnel and died a few hours later at a local hospital.

Keywords: WALL, IMPALED, PLANK, 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	1	28	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	302306410			Fatality	Puncture	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Bituminous concrete placement Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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