Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201931102 - Employee Dies After Fall From Elevation

Accident Summary Nr: 201931102 -- Report ID: 0419000 -- Event Date: 04/11/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301411807	04/14/2003	1741	238140	Wasco, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:30 p.m. on April 11, 2003, Employee #1 was working as a laborer. He was assigned to move scaffolding boards from level three to level four. He removed a flooring board to use as a toe board. As he was moving to hand the board up to level four, he stepped into the hole that he had just created and fell to the ground hitting his head on the cross connectors twice on his way down. He was transported to Ft. Campbell Hospital and transferred to Vanderbilt Medical Center for treatment. Employee #1 was unconscious when he was reached by other employees and never regained consciousness. Employee #1 was removed from life support on Monday April 14, 2003 and died two days later.

Keywords: BOARD, HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLDING

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Commercial building		New project or new addition		$1,000,000 to $5,000,000	4	40	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	301411807			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Brickmasons and stonemasons	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 24 feet Cause: Exterior masonry Fatality Cause: Fall from/with scaffold

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