Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201772183 - Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

Accident Summary Nr: 201772183 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 09/24/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306717950	09/24/2003	1741	238140	J. Palermo Masonry, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1, a mason, was working from the side bracket work platform of a mast climbing scaffold. The platform planks slipped off their bearers and fell out from underneath the employee. The employee fell approximately 40 feet to the ground and was killed.

Keywords: PLANKING, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, WORK PLATFORM, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	4		X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	306717950			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 40 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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