Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201751617 - Employee Is Killed in Fall from Ladder Jack Scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201751617 -- Report ID: 0830600 -- Event Date: 05/31/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310590708	06/05/2007	1521	236115	Log And Timber Homes Of Southern Colorado

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on May 31, 2007, two employees where installing a log beam using a remote control operated Comedial Model Number CBR-32 crane while working from a ladder jack scaffold. A gust of wind pushed the log into Employee #1 who was operating the crane, knocking him off the ladder jack scaffold. Employee #1 fell 22 ft to the floor and was killed.

Keywords: HIGH WIND, LOG, CONSTRUCTION, LADDER JACK SCAFFOLD, FALL, STRUCK BY

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		$500,000 to $1,000,000	1	30	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	310590708			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 22 feet Cause: Roofing Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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